[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 8, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 8CFR214.12]



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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

 

               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 214_NONIMMIGRANT CLASSES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 214.12  Preliminary enrollment of schools in the Student and 

Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS).



    (a) Private elementary and private secondary schools, public high 

schools, post-secondary schools, language schools, and vocational 

schools are eligible for preliminary enrollment in Student and Exchange 

Visitor Information System (SEVIS), beginning on or after July 1, 2002, 

but only if the school is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized 

by the United States Department of Education, CAPE, or AACS, or in the 

case of a public high school, the school provides certification from the 

appropriate public official that the school meets the requirements of 

the state or local public educational system and has been continuously 

approved by the Service for a minimum of three years, as of July 1, 

2002, for the admission of F or M nonimmigrant students. A school may 

establish that it is accredited by showing that it has been designated 

as an eligible school under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 

1965.

    (b) Preliminary enrollment in SEVIS is optional for eligible 

schools. The preliminary enrollment period will be open from July 1, 

2002, through August 16, 2002, or, if later, until the Service begins 

the SEVIS full scale certification process. The process for eligible 

schools to apply for preliminary enrollment through the Internet is as 

follows:

    (1) Eligible institutions must access the Internet site, http://



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www.ins.usdoj.gov/sevis. Upon accessing the site, the president, owner, 

head of the school or designated school official will be asked to enter 

the following information: the school's name; the first, middle, and 

last name of the contact person for the school; and the e-mail address 

and phone number of the contact person.

    (2) Once this information has been submitted, the Service will issue 

the school a temporary ID and password, which will be forwarded to the 

e-mail address listed. When the contact person receives this temporary 

ID and password, the school will again access the Internet site and will 

electronically enter the school's information for its Form I-17.

    (c) The Service will review the information by a school submitted as 

provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and will preliminarily enroll 

a school in SEVIS, if it is determined to be eligible under the 

standards of paragraph (a) of this section. If the officer determines 

that the school is eligible for preliminary enrollment, the officer will 

update SEVIS and enroll the school and permanent user IDs and passwords 

will be automatically generated via e-mail to the DSOs listed on the 

Form I-17. Schools that are not approved by the Service for preliminary 

enrollment will be notified that they must apply for certification in 

accordance with the Interim Certification Rule. A school that is granted 

preliminary enrollment will have to use SEVIS for the issuance of any 

new Form I-20 to a new or continuing student.

    (d) Schools granted preliminary enrollment in SEVIS will not have to 

apply for certification at this time. However, all such schools will be 

required to apply for certification, and pay the certification fee, 

prior to May 14, 2004.

    (e) Eligible schools that meet the standards of paragraph (a) of 

this section, but do not apply for preliminary enrollment in SEVIS prior 

to the close of the preliminary enrollment period will have to apply for 

certification review under the Interim Certification Rule and pay the 

certification fee before enrolling in SEVIS. However, once a school 

meeting the standards of paragraph (a) of this section applies for 

certification review, the Service will have the discretion, after a 

review of the school's application, to allow the school to enroll in 

SEVIS without requiring an on-site visit prior to enrollment. If the 

Service permits such a school to enroll in SEVIS prior to completion of 

the on-site visit, the on-site visit must be completed prior to May 14, 

2004.

    (f) Schools that are not eligible to apply for preliminary 

enrollment in SEVIS under this section--including flight schools--will 

have to apply for certification under the Interim Certification Rule, 

pay the certification fee, and undergo a full certification review 

including an on-site visit, prior to being allowed to enroll in SEVIS.



[67 FR 44346, July 1, 2002]