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OMB Control No: 1653-0038	ICR Reference No: 202607-1653-003
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202511-1653-003
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USICE	Agency Tracking No: I-17/I-20
Title: The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 08/14/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2029
Responses	41,780	41,780
Time Burden (Hours)	894,106	815,505
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Abstract: The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) is a web-based system used to collect and maintain information on F and M nonimmigrant students during their stay in the United States. The system also facilitates the Student and Exchange Visitor Program’s (SEVP) certification of educational institutions to enroll F and M nonimmigrants.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 107 - 56 - Name of Law: USA PATRIOT
   US Code: 8 USC 1372 Name of Law: Program to collect information relating to nonimmigrant foreign student and other exchange program
   PL: Pub.L. 107 - 173 - Name of Law: EBSVERA
   PL: Pub.L. 104 - 208 641 Name of Law: Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibilty Act of 1996

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1653-AA95	Final or interim final rulemaking	91 FR 44978	07/17/2026

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Maintenance of SEVP Certification (I-17)	I-17
Management of Student Data (I-20)	I-20 A-B, I-20 M-N	,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	41,780	41,780	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	894,106	815,505	78,601
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This information collection has been revised to reflect changes proposed by the Duration of Status Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The revision is to add fields to facilitate a DSO recommendation for an F student Extension of Stay, update the list of educational levels, and update the Form I-20 instructions page. The new fields are expected to increase the time burden on DSOs for updating student records for Form I-20 by one minute, increasing the burden per update from 6 minutes to 7 minutes for updates via real-time interface (RTI) procedures, and from 1 minute to 2 minutes for updates via batch procedures. DHS does not expect this rule to change the number of annual updates per student form (currently estimated at 4 times per year), or to change the number of forms that DSOs will receive (currently estimated at 1,179,028 forms, of which 412,660 forms are updated via RTI procedures, and 766,368 forms are updated via batch procedures). DHS estimates that the average annual burden for each DSO of updating Form I-20 increases from 10.3 hours per year to 14.1 hours per year. The total annual hour burden for updating Form I-20 increases by 78,602 hours, from 216,155 hours to 294,757. The total annual burden in dollars for updating Form I-20 increases by $3,933,239, from $10,816,406 to $14,749,644.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $186,610

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: James Johnson 202 579-6258 james.p.johnson@ice.dhs.gov

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