The SEVIS Fee
NEWS from the SEVIS administrators December 31, 2008!
Potential F, M or J nonimmigrants, who must pay the I-901 SEVIS fee, will experience problems verifying their payment was successfully updated. If the confirmation page does not appear within 2 minutes, please do not resubmit the payment. Please send an email to fmjfee.sevis@dhs.gov to get confirmation via email (please see attached sample email). Please advise your prospective students or exchange visitors to only make 1 payment to avoid overpaying. In addition, please advise that SEVP is diligently working to resolve the problem. The FMJFee team is available for any. Please contact the FMJFee team at fmjfee.sevis@dhs.gov if you have any questions and/or concerns.
What is the SEVIS fee?
SEVIS, the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, is a central computerized system that maintains and manages data about foreign students (F-1, J-1 and M-1), exchange visitors (J-1), and their dependents (F-2, J-2 and M-2) during their stay in the United States. The SEVIS program was implemented in August 2003 for all international students and scholars.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) charges a fee of $200 for all new F-1 and M-1 applicants and a $180 fee for all J students, research scholars, professors and short-term scholars. The fee is required by DHS and is used to cover the costs of the operation of the SEVIS program.
To read more about how the fee effects you, please click on the relevant immigration status below:
Further information on the SEVIS fee is available at the following web sites: