Notice2025-16875
Agency Information Collection Activities: Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS); Revision of a Currently Approved Collection
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Published
September 3, 2025
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Abstract
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection is published in the Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 168 (Wednesday, September 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 42602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16875]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
[OMB Control Number 1653-0038]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Student and Exchange
Visitor Information System (SEVIS); Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection
AGENCY: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will be submitting the following
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection is published in the
Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and affected
agencies.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until November 3,
2025.
ADDRESSES: All submissions received must include the OMB Control Number
1653-0038 in the body of the correspondence, the agency name and Docket
ID ICEB-2021-0001. All comments received will be posted without change
to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal information
provided.
(1) Online. Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal
website at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> under eDocket ID number ICEB-
2021-0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions related to this
collection, call or email Sharon Synder, Student and Exchange Visitor
Program, 703-603-3400 or 1-800-892-4829, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a293f2c2a1a33393f743e3229743d352c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4a7b1a2a494bdb7b1fab0bca7fab3bba2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information should
address one or more of the following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Overview of This Information Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection: Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Student and Exchange Visitor
Information System (SEVIS).
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-17
and Form I-20; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Nonprofit institutions and
individuals or households. SEVIS is an internet-based data entry,
collection, and reporting system. It collects information on SEVP-
certified schools via the Form I-17, ``Petition for Approval of School
for Attendance by Nonimmigrant Student,'' and collects information on
the F and M nonimmigrant students that the SEVP-certified schools admit
into their programs of study via the Form I-20, ``Certificate of
Eligibility for Nonimmigrant (F-1) Student Status--For Academic and
Language Students'' and ``Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant
(M-1) Student Status--For Vocational Students.''
The Form I-17 will be revised to collect previous school codes
associated with the school and/or owner, school website links,
emergency contact information for the school, and additional
information on school ownership, as well as to remove the fax number
field, which is now obsolete. SEVP will be redesigning the ``Program of
Study'' page on the Form I-17 to better capture the educational level,
degree, program of study, time necessary to complete the program,
assigned Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code, and mode
of instruction. In addition, SEVP will require schools to indicate
whether a program of study is conducted predominantly online, in a
hybrid or low residency format and whether Curricular Practical
Training is a component of a program of study. Other updates to the
Form I-17 will allow DSOs to select ``weeks'' as an academic term
length, require DSOs to provide separate numbers for domestic and
international students when listing the ``Average Annual Number of
Students,'' allow DSOs to list annual costs by program of study or
degree level, allow DSOs to provide additional contact information,
require DSOs to indicate whether they work full-time or part-time, and
change a DSO's ``Title'' to ``Job Title,'' to better collect
information on their position at the school.
The Form I-20 will be revised to collect contact and other
information on legal Guardians of minor F and M students, the date of
graduation/degree awarded, clarifying details on the source and type of
the financial support for the F and M student, as well information to
indicate whether a student is engaging in online education, on-campus
employment, and whether any employment or training is being conducted
on-site or remotely.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents: The estimated
total number of respondents for the information requests Form I-17 and
Form I-20 is 20,890.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The total estimated annual hour burden associated
with this collection of information in hours is 815,505 hours. There is
an additional one-time burden in the first year of this collection of
6,778 hours.
Dated: August 29, 2025.
Scott Elmore,
PRA Clearance Officer, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2025-16875 Filed 9-2-25; 8:45 am]
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