Student and Exchange Visitor Information System
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The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) is a U.S. government database that tracks and manages information on international students, exchange visitors, and their dependents for immigration and compliance purposes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Student and Exchange Visitor Information System canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4376225 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Student and Exchange Visitor Information System Context triple: [Student and Exchange Visitor Program oversight through HSI, usesSystem, Student and Exchange Visitor Information System]
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A.
Student and Exchange Visitor Program oversight through HSI
Student and Exchange Visitor Program oversight through HSI refers to Homeland Security Investigations’ role in monitoring and enforcing compliance within the U.S. student and exchange visitor immigration system to protect national security and ensure program integrity.
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B.
U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology
U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) is a U.S. government biometric entry–exit tracking system used to verify the identities and monitor the movements of foreign nationals entering and leaving the United States.
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C.
Diversity Immigrant Visa
The Diversity Immigrant Visa is a U.S. immigration program that allocates a limited number of permanent resident visas each year to individuals from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States, selected by lottery.
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D.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is the federal agency responsible for administering lawful immigration to the United States, including processing citizenship, green card, and visa applications.
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E.
Schengen Information System
The Schengen Information System is a large-scale European security and border management database that enables Schengen states to share alerts on persons and objects for purposes such as border control and law enforcement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Student and Exchange Visitor Information System Target entity description: The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) is a U.S. government database that tracks and manages information on international students, exchange visitors, and their dependents for immigration and compliance purposes.
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A.
Student and Exchange Visitor Program oversight through HSI
Student and Exchange Visitor Program oversight through HSI refers to Homeland Security Investigations’ role in monitoring and enforcing compliance within the U.S. student and exchange visitor immigration system to protect national security and ensure program integrity.
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B.
U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology
U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) is a U.S. government biometric entry–exit tracking system used to verify the identities and monitor the movements of foreign nationals entering and leaving the United States.
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C.
Diversity Immigrant Visa
The Diversity Immigrant Visa is a U.S. immigration program that allocates a limited number of permanent resident visas each year to individuals from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States, selected by lottery.
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D.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is the federal agency responsible for administering lawful immigration to the United States, including processing citizenship, green card, and visa applications.
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E.
Schengen Information System
The Schengen Information System is a large-scale European security and border management database that enables Schengen states to share alerts on persons and objects for purposes such as border control and law enforcement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government database
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information system ⓘ student and exchange visitor tracking system ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SEVIS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataUsedFor |
adjudication of student and exchange visitor visas
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admission decisions at U.S. ports of entry ⓘ identifying potential status violations ⓘ monitoring maintenance of nonimmigrant status ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
SEVIS database
NERFINISHED
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web-based interface for schools and sponsors ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | U.S. immigration law and regulations ⓘ |
| managedBy | Student and Exchange Visitor Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monitoredPopulation |
dependents of nonimmigrant students and exchange visitors
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nonimmigrant exchange visitors in the United States ⓘ nonimmigrant students in the United States ⓘ |
| operatedBy | U.S. Department of Homeland Security NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
support immigration compliance
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support monitoring of nonimmigrant students and exchange visitors ⓘ track dependents of international students and exchange visitors ⓘ track exchange visitors in the United States ⓘ track international students in the United States ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
F-1 visa category
NERFINISHED
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J-1 visa category NERFINISHED ⓘ M-1 visa category ⓘ |
| sector |
immigration enforcement
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international education administration ⓘ |
| standsFor | Student and Exchange Visitor Information System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
issuance of Form DS-2019
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issuance of Form I-20 ⓘ |
| tracks |
changes in academic program or level
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changes in address for students and exchange visitors ⓘ employment authorization information for eligible students ⓘ enrollment status of international students ⓘ program participation of exchange visitors ⓘ |
| usedBy |
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. consular officers ⓘ designated school officials ⓘ responsible officers at exchange visitor programs ⓘ |
| usedFor |
maintaining records on F-1 nonimmigrant students
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maintaining records on J-1 exchange visitors ⓘ maintaining records on M-1 nonimmigrant students ⓘ maintaining records on dependents of F-1, M-1, and J-1 nonimmigrants ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Student and Exchange Visitor Information System Description of subject: The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) is a U.S. government database that tracks and manages information on international students, exchange visitors, and their dependents for immigration and compliance purposes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Student and Exchange Visitor Program oversight through HSI
→
usesSystem
→
Student and Exchange Visitor Information System
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