International

You can use the International page to add, edit, and update information and documentation related to international (non-immigrant) students and exchange visitors.

If your institution has configured Anthology Student to extract and transmit information to SEVIS, you can also use the page to: 

  • Specify or change the information required by SEVIS (such as their US and foreign address) 

  • Communicate other changes for a student with SEVIS (such as when the program is complete) 

  • Review their status and transmission history

It provides a compact view of information related to the international students in relevant sections.

  • General: Includes essential student and immigration information, such as Visa Type.

  • Student Information: Includes basic information about the international student.

  • F-1/M-1 Information: Includes immigration information for either an F-1 (Academic), M-1 (Vocational) visa type. The F-1/M-1 tab is displayed only if you select F-1 or M-1 in Visa Type.

  • J-1: Includes immigration information for J-1 visa types. This tab is displayed only if you select J-1 in Visa Type.

  • Immigration Information: Displays immigration information for all international visa types.

  • Dependent Information: Includes information about the international student's dependents and includes funds required for the dependents.

  • Transmission Information: Displays transmission information for the international student with an F-1, M-1, or J-1 immigration visa type.

  • Employment Authorization: Displays internship or training application information for an international student.

  • Address: Includes the United States (US) address and the foreign address of the international student.

The selection of "All Program Versions" is not supported.

The automatic addition of academic year sequences requires that the program version is fully configured. If you try to add an academic year sequence automatically and the message "Academic Year sequences have not been added for the program version" is displayed, it indicates that the academic year sequences have not been configured in the program version under Term Association.

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 a Trans Status of A, refer to Manage Records for Students Accepted by SEVIS.

Prerequisites

You must have:

  • Common - Student - View authorization

  • To view or edit information, Contact Manager - Student International - View or 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 the Background for Overlapping Loans and NSLDS.

  • 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 an 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 is 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, M-1, or J-1 visa type. The 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 for 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 where the student or person was born. For international students, the Birth City field is required when the Visa type is J-1, the 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, the Trans Status is 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, in Health 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 are required if you select F-1 or M-1 with a Trans Status of 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()

Manage Records for Students Accepted by SEVIS

For international students who have been exported and accepted by the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), you can use the International page to: 

  • Make changes to the information. For example, you can change their US address when they move. If appropriate, Anthology Student also updates the information on their Student Profile.

  • Communicate other changes to SEVIS using actions you select in the Form Purpose field. For example, you will be able to add employment information and notify SEVIS when their program is complete.

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.

For information about the values to specify for the fields in the dialogs, refer to the User Manual for School Users of the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) at https://www.ice.gov/sevis.

Prerequisite and Details for Actions

The student must have a Trans Status of A and there must be an ID in the SEVIS ID field.

Anthology Student only lists actions in the Action field that you can take for a student.

The types of changes you can make depend on the type of visa for the student and their status. A student has a status of: 

  • Initial if they have been accepted by SEVIS

  • Active if the required action code was taken for the visa type

To make a student active for a:

  • F1 or M1 visa type, you must have specified action code 08 (Student Registration)

  • J1 visa type, you must have specified action code 27 (Validate Program Participation)

The tables list the possible actions you can take for the visa types and the required status.

These are the action codes for the F1 and M1 visa types.

Action Code for F1 and M1 Action Description Required Status
Initial   Active
2 Authorization Drop Below Full Course   X
3 Complete Program   X
4 Extend Program   X
5 Defer Attendance X X
6 Disciplinary Action   X
7 Terminate Student X X
8 Student Registration X X
10 Edit Personal Data X X
13 Edit Program Info X X
14 Edit Student Financial X X
16 Edit Dependent X X
19 Add Dependent X X
20 Off Campus Employment   X
21 New CPT Employment   X
22 New OPT Employment   X

These are the action codes for the J1 visa type.

Action Code for J1 Action Description Required Status
Initial Active
26 Amend Program X  
27 Validate Program Participation X  
28 Edit Biographical Information X  
29 Add Site of Activity X  
30 Delete Site of Activity X  
31 Update Subject X  
32 Financial Update X  
33 EV Matriculation   X
34 Correct Infraction   X
35 Terminate EV    X
36 Shorten Program   X
39 Add Dependent X  
40 Edit Dependent X  
41 EV Extension   X

Procedure to Add Changes

  1. In General, review or change the 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. and select the ActionClosed 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..

  2. If Anthology Student displays a dialog asking you if you want request a print of the eligibility form, select:

    • Proceed if you want the file imported from SEVIS to contain a PDF file of the I-20 Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student Status

    • Cancel to save your changes without the request

  3. Make any other changes that need to be sent to SEVIS.

  4. Select Save.

Anthology Student disables the page until it is transmitted to SEVIS.

Once the student is included and a batch is transmitted to SEVIS, Anthology Student updates the pages and the Student Profile. Any remarks are displayed in the appropriate location on their page for international information. For example, if a disciplinary action was reported for a student, remarks are displayed in the Note field under Program.

 

This feature applies to U.S. compliance only.