Redesigned Form I-20 Reflects SEVIS Updates

in F-1 Students, New Version I-20, Travel Advisory
November 13th, 2015

The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) was upgraded in June of 2015 to revise the look and data contained on the redesigned Form I-20 for F-1 students.



All students in continuing F-1 status will be required to have an updated version I-20 before July 1, 2016. Changes were also made to the Form I-20 for F-2 dependents. Over the course of this school year, the ISSO will be issuing new version I-20s to all continuing F-1 students and their F-2 dependents:

  • If you have an I-20 issued on or after June 29, 2015, then you already have a new version I-20. You may have received a new version I-20, for instance, to reflect a new admission, change of major, program extension, or if you received an authorization for CPT or a recommendation for OPT.

  • For students traveling out of the U.S. this winter over the Thanksgiving holiday or Winter Intersession, the ISSO will be issuing new version I-20s along with all travel signature requests.

  • If you are not traveling this winter, the ISSO will be reissuing new version I-20s to all continuing students in the spring of 2016.

  • If your F-1 program will be ending before June 2016, then you will not need a new version I-20, as this requirement will not go into effect until July 1, 2016.

Have you received your New Version I-20? Respond to our questionnaire here.