Jun. 16, 2025

• As of April 23, 2025, there have been more than 1,400 reports of international students and scholars either having their visa revoked and/or their record in SEVIS terminated. . The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) reported that more than 4,700 students have been affected.
• Undergraduate, graduate, and Optional Practical Training (OPT)/STEM OPT students are affected.
• There is no clear pattern or trend in terms of nationality of students. Students from all regions of the world are being impacted.
• The visa revocations and SEVIS record terminations are happening to students at all types of higher education institutions, from community colleges to R-1 research institutions and in all regions of the U.S.
• The cause given for the SEVIS record terminations has changed. The used when NAFSA first became aware of the terminations was "Otherwise Failing to Maintain Status" with notations to specific Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) provisions as the basis for the record terminations. Some terminations referenced an INA provision related to "potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences." Others cited a "criminal records check" and a general INA provision related to failure to maintain status or comply with conditions of status. Now the termination reasons have been changed to “Other” with a vague reference to a criminal records check "and/or" a visa revocation, but no citations to the INA.
• We have not identified a clear pattern to these revocations.
• We don’t know if your SEVIS record will be terminated. ISSC is monitoring the list of terminated students and exchange visitors within SEVIS multiple times a day (including weekends) and will reach out to anyone who is affected.
• Between April 10, 2025 and April 22, 2025, there have been no additional SEVIS terminations for 51�ԹϺ��� students.