[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR62.76]

[Page 308-309]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 62_EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart F_Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)
 
Sec.  62.76  Transfer procedures.

    (a) Program sponsors may, pursuant to the provisions set forth in 
Sec.  62.42, permit an exchange visitor to transfer from one designated 
program to another designated program. Transfers will not extend the 
maximum duration of participation for the category in which the exchange 
visitor is currently participating.
    (b) Current sponsor and transfer sponsor shall communicate 
appropriately to ensure an uninterrupted transfer, continuous status of 
the exchange visitor and proper change of address reporting and shall 
utilize the provisions of this section to effect such transfer.
    (1) SEVIS-to-SEVIS transfer. When both the transfer and current 
sponsors are enrolled in SEVIS, a transfer is enacted as follows:
    (i) The nonimmigrant shall notify the current sponsor of the 
intention to transfer.
    (ii) Upon verification of the current status and eligibility to 
transfer by the transfer sponsor, the current sponsor shall update the 
exchange visitor's record by processing a ``transfer out'' in SEVIS. The 
current sponsor must enter the name and program number of the transfer 
sponsor and the effective date of transfer. The ``transfer out'' process 
gives the transfer sponsor access to the SEVIS record of the exchange 
visitor (and accompanying spouse and any dependent children).
    (iii) The transfer sponsor shall initiate a ``transfer in,'' issue a 
Form DS-2019 for the exchange visitor (an accompanying spouse and any 
dependent children), and advise the exchange visitor of the effective 
date of transfer.
    (iv) The exchange visitor shall report to the transfer sponsor in a 
manner and at a time specified by the transfer sponsor, and shall 
provide updated U.S. address information.
    (v) The transfer sponsor shall validate the exchange visitor's 
participation in its program within 30 calendar days of the effective 
date of transfer and update the exchange visitor's current U.S. address.
    (2) Non-SEVIS to SEVIS transfer: When the transfer sponsor is 
enrolled in SEVIS but the current sponsor is not, the transfer is 
enacted as follows:
    (i) The nonimmigrant shall notify the current sponsor of the 
intention to transfer.
    (ii) Upon verification of current status and eligibility to 
transfer, the transfer sponsor shall create a Form DS-2019 to enact a 
transfer and will send the Form to the current sponsor to acquire the 
written release of the exchange visitor by obtaining a signature in 
Section 8.
    (iii) Upon receipt of the Form DS-2019 with signature, the transfer 
sponsor shall record the effective date of transfer; the date, name and 
title of person who signed the release; the name and program number of 
the current sponsor. The transfer sponsor shall print a Form DS-2019 for 
the exchange visitor, and advise the exchange visitor of the effective 
date of transfer.
    (iv) The exchange visitor shall report to the transfer sponsor in a 
manner and at a time specified by the transfer sponsor and shall provide 
updated U.S. address information.
    (v) The transfer sponsor shall validate the exchange visitor's 
participation in its program within 30 calendar days of the effective 
date of transfer and update the exchange visitor's current U.S. address.

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    (3) SEVIS to Non-SEVIS transfer. When the transfer sponsor is not 
enrolled in SEVIS and the current sponsor is a SEVIS-enrolled sponsor, a 
transfer is enacted as follows:
    (i) The exchange visitor shall notify the current sponsor of the 
intention to transfer.
    (ii) Upon verification of current status and eligibility to 
transfer, the transfer sponsor shall create a non-SEVIS Form DS-2019 and 
submit it to the transfer sponsor for the release of the exchange 
visitor by acquiring a signature in Section 8 of the Form.
    (iii) The transfer is required to update the exchange visitor's 
SEVIS record by recording the effective date of transfer; name and 
program number of the transfer sponsor; and, name of the responsible 
officer/alternate responsible officer of the transfer (non-SEVIS) 
sponsor requesting the transfer as noted on the four-color, four-page 
paper Form DS-2019.
    (4) The transfer sponsor will provide the exchange visitor with the 
pink copy of the Form DS-2019 and submit the yellow copy of the form to 
the Department.