{"id":70,"date":"2019-10-25T14:47:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T19:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/immigration-updates\/?p=70"},"modified":"2021-04-02T09:27:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T14:27:28","slug":"sevpt-portal-upgrade-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/immigration-updates\/2019\/10\/25\/sevpt-portal-upgrade-information\/","title":{"rendered":"SEVP Portal Upgrade Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>International Students currently on F-1, Post OPT\/STEM status<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The F-1 Program Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Portal now limits how long students can access the SEVP Portal to six months after their Post-Completion Optional Practical Training (OPT) or STEM authorization ends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In preparation for account closure, SEVP strongly encourages you to <strong>print or save a copy of your portal record for future reference, including your Event History<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that students who are changing their immigration status will immediately lose access upon the effective date of their new status. So, for example, students changing their status to H-1B via a cap-subject change of status H-1B petition will lose access to the SEVP portal on October 1 of the year their H-1B petition was approved. Please plan accordingly, printing or saving a copy of your portal records prior to the loss of access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on this release and upcoming releases, visit the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"SEVP Portal Enhancements page (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/studyinthestates.dhs.gov\/sevis-help-hub\/learn-more\/sevp-portal-enhancements\" target=\"_blank\">SEVP Portal Enhancements page<\/a> on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"SEVP Portal Help section (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/studyinthestates.dhs.gov\/sevp-portal-help\" target=\"_blank\">SEVP Portal Help section<\/a> of Study in the States. To view a copy of the emails you will receive, read the <a href=\"https:\/\/studyinthestates.dhs.gov\/sevis-help-hub\/student-records\/fm-student-employment\/sevis-and-the-sevp-portal\/sevp-portal-email-notices-to-students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"SEVP Portal Email Notices to Students (opens in a new tab)\">SEVP Portal Email Notices to Students<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also recommend that you frequently visit the ISSO Employment section, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/ISSO\/Employment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/ISSO\/Employment\/ (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/ISSO\/Employment\/<\/a> to stay apprised of your regulatory requirements.<br> STEM status students are reminded that STEM employment can only be reported through ISSO through the submission of Form I-983.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Students currently on F-1, Post OPT\/STEM status The F-1 Program Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Portal now limits how long students can access the SEVP Portal to six months after their Post-Completion Optional Practical Training (OPT) or STEM &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/immigration-updates\/2019\/10\/25\/sevpt-portal-upgrade-information\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/immigration-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/immigration-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/immigration-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/immigration-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/immigration-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/immigration-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/immigration-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/immigration-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/immigration-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/immigration-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}