International student advisers have raised alarms over unexpected visa revocations and terminations of legal residency status among students in the SEVIS database. Following troubling reports, one adviser discovered that many of her students had lost their legal residency status, prompting a flood of similar experiences shared by nearly 100 other professionals on a private forum. These developments are unprecedented, with federal immigration officials seemingly changing students' SEVIS status along with visa revocations, increasing the risk of arrest and deportation. Advisers are seeking ways to challenge these alterations quietly and rapidly amid uncertainties.
When international students have their entry visas revoked, they almost always retain their legal residency status in SEVIS, according to immigration lawyers.
Most of the officials on the forum reported an even more troubling detail: Students weren't just having their visas revoked; they were losing their student status altogether.
I'm just wondering if we have any recourse to request corrections; trying to think creatively (and maybe desperately) at this point.
Nearly 100 other international student service professionals have piled onto the discussion thread to share similar stories of unexpected visa revocations.
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