Add Information for International Students

You can use the page to add the information for international students (such as their foreign address, US address, and their dependents). If your institution is using Anthology Student to extract data and export data to the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), the information on this page will be sent to SEVIS.

If your institution has configured the campus to also require review by the Designated School Officials (DSOs) or Responsible Officers (ROs), the information must be reviewed and accepted or rejected before they are sent to SEVIS in the next SEVIS transmission.

When the status is R (Ready to be transmitted), the information will be sent to SEVIS in the next SEVIS transmission.

Some of the actions cannot be performed and some of the fields will be disabled until the student has been exported and accepted by SEVIS. Once accepted, the Trans Status will be changed to A, the SEVIS ID field will show their ID with SEVIS, and you can update the information and take the actions. For example, you will be able to add employment information and notify SEVIS when their program is complete. For students with Trans Status of A, refer to Make Updates and Take Action for Students Accepted by SEVIS.

Prerequisites

You must have:

  • Common - Student - View authorization

  • To edit information, Contact Manager - Student International - Edit authorization

Your institution must have configured the campus to:

  • Accept international students
  • Extract data to SEVIS and configured the options for SEVIS

To add the information for a student, the student must still have a Transmission Status of: 

  • Blank
  • R (Ready to be Transmitted) 
  • D (Ready for DSO Review) 

If the status is E indicating the student was not accepted by SEVIS, you can change the status back to R again to make the corrections or add any missing data.

For an international student to be accepted by SEVIS, these values must be completed on their Student Profile.

  • Last Name
  • First Name
  • Middle Name (if applicable)
  • Gender
  • DOB
  • Email
  • Address (If you did not specify their address on their Student Profile, you can specify it on this page as well.) 

Additionally, for F-1/M-1 visa type students, your institution must have configured the following authorizations:

  • Common - Student - View authorization

  • Financial Aid - Student Academic Year - Calculate authorization

  • If the student received financial aid from a previous institution, you should use the NSLDS tile to add the NSLDS award information before you use the Awarding tile to award aid so that Anthology Student can determine if there are overlapping loan periods and validate the awards. For more information, refer to Background for NSLDS and Overlapping Loans.

  • The student must be enrolled and the program version must be configured to allow financial aid packaging.

Access Method

Select the Students tile > select the name in the Students list > expand Contact Manager > select the International tile.

Procedure to Add the Information

  1. Under General, review and specify the values.

    Expected StartClosed The date the student is expected to start enrollment at your institution.

    Form PurposeClosed The action associated with a visa type for an international student. The actions depend on the value for Transmission Status. If the status is R or D, the list displays actions for a new student. If the Transmission Status displays A (Accepted), you can select actions for making changes and communicating other changes with SEVIS. Action is enabled only if you select either F-1, M-1, or J-1 visa type. For F-1/M-1 Visa type, you can perform the following actions: Authorization Drop Below Full Course, Complete Program, Extend Program, Defer Attendance, Disciplinary Action, Terminate Student, Student Registration, Edit Personal Data, Edit Program Info, Edit Student Financial, Edit Dependent, Add Dependent, Off Campus Employment, New CPT Employment, New OPT Employment. For J-1 Visa type, you can perform the following actions: Add Dependent, Amend Program, Validate Program Participation, Edit Biographical Information, Add Site of Activity, Delete Site of Activity, Update Subject, Financial Update, EV Matriculation,Correct Infraction, Terminate EV, Shorten Program, Edit Dependent, and EV Extension. For information, refer to Make Updates and Take Actions for Students Accepted By SEVIS.

    SEVIS IDClosed An eleven-character identifier assigned to the student or dependent by INS.

    Total CostClosed The total cost based on the sum of Total Dependent Expenses, Insurance Cost, and Cost of Attendance (COA). The information on Total Dependent Expenses is entered on the Dependent Data tab. The information on Insurance Cost is entered on the Student Info tab. The information on Cost of Attendance (COA) is entered on the Program tab.

    Transmission StatusClosed Indicates whether the SEVIS information is either ready to be transmitted (R) or ready for DSO Review (D). Transmission Status is enabled only if you select either F-1, M1, or J-1 visa type. Transmission Status is disabled and empty if the student is not enrolled. Date of Birth in the Student Profile must be populated if Transmission Status is either R or D, and Visa Type is either F-1, M-1, or J-1. E indicates an error that you can investigate in the import file (Select the Processes tile > expand Contact Manager > select SEVIS Transmission > History tab.) S indicates that the file has been sent to SEVIS and is waiting on a response.

    Visa TypeClosed The visa type assigned to the international student. This value is required if you select a Transmission Status of Ready to Send (R) or DSO Review (D). While you can configure visa types, Anthology Student only transmits information for F1, M1, and J1 to SEVIS.

  2. Under Student Information, review the values.

    Birth CityClosed The city the student or person was born. For international students, the Birth City field is required when the Visa type is J-1, Trans Status is either R or D and Action is ‘Begin New program’ or ‘Continuing Exchange Visitor'.

    Country of CitizenshipClosed The country that the international student or person is a citizen of. The Country of Citizenship field is required when the Visa type is J-1, Trans Status is either R or D and Action is ‘Begin New program’ or ‘Continuing Exchange Visitor'.

    Designated School Officials/ROClosed The Designated School Official (DSO) or Responsible Officer (RO) from staff members defined as DSO/ROs.

    International Advisor (Default Campus Advisors)Closed The advisor assigned to the international student. This value is enabled only if the student is enrolled in a program version.

    ITIN/Tax IDClosed The nine-character identifier issued to the student by the IRS.

  3. Under Student Information, inHealth Insurance Information, specify or change the values.

    Health Insurance End DateClosed End date for the student's health insurance coverage.

    Health ProviderClosed Name of the student's health insurance provider.

    NotesClosed Area you can use to specify comments or additional information. For international students, notes or comments is a required field if you select either F-1 or M-1 with Trans Status set to R or D and Action is "Other". The phone number. The format will depend on how your institution configured phone numbers (such as whether phone numbers use parentheses and hyphens).

    Proof of Health InsuranceClosed Indicates if the student submitted proof of adequate health insurance to the institution. This information is required only for a student with a J-1 visa.

Anthology Student saves the changes. If your institution is using Anthology Student to extract data to SEVIS and the student has a Transmission Status of: 

  • R, the information for the student will be included when the batch of students is created for export to SEVIS.

  • D, the information for the student will be reviewed by the Designated School Officials (DSOs) or Responsible Officers (ROs) using the SEVIS Select the Processes tile > locate Contact Manager > select SEVIS Review.Review page before it is included in the batch of students created for export to SEVIS()