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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 233 / Wednesday, December 8, 2021 / Notices SEVP certification process; and participation of J nonimmigrants and programs within the EV Program.
InvestigativeTo perform administrative and criminal investigations related to the participation of F/M/J nonimmigrants, school and EV Program sponsors, and the schools and exchange visitor programs that enroll or seek to enroll individuals through the SEVP
certification process, and to identify noncompliance with U.S. laws and regulations. Information is also shared with other law enforcement agencies for purposes of coordinating activities, such as administrative reviews and criminal investigations.
Analysis and ReportingTo create and provide reports for analyzing compliance issues and identifying activities and related individuals if needed for evidence-based decisionmaking.
Communication and Customer RelationsTo provide customer service to individuals who contact the SEVP
e.g., via telephone, email, chat, social media, including providing general information about SEVP regulations, performing data corrections, and providing technical support to access SEVP systems.
TrainingTo keep track of training activities performed by school and program officials to validate compliance with SEVP requirements to access SEVP
external-facing systems.

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CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:

SEVP collects, receives, captures, and maintains information on individuals who are U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, as well as information on persons who are currently nonimmigrants. DHS
maintains this information in recognition that persons who are nonimmigrants may later adjust status to lawful permanent resident and naturalize to U.S. citizen and, therefore, become individuals covered by the Privacy Act. DHS provides this notice in anticipation of such an eventuality:
F and M nonimmigrants who participate as students in an academic or vocational program at SEVP-certified schools, as well as F and M dependents e.g., spouse, minor children.
J nonimmigrants who participate in DOS-designated work or study exchange visitor programs, as well as J
dependents e.g., spouse, minor children.
Proxy, parent, or legal guardian who has legal authority to make decisions or sign documents on behalf of another individual who participates in a student
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and exchange visitor program e.g., a minor, an individual with disabilities.
School partners and representatives including the head of school e.g., owner, president, chief executive officer CEO, legal counsel who has legal signature authority for the school and school employees e.g., faculty members, student recruiters who are employed by a U.S.-based school and interact with F and M students but who do not oversee the F and M students pursuant to the laws and regulations governing F and M nonimmigrant students and schools that enroll them this is the responsibility of school officials. Also included are school partners e.g., contractor who builds housing facility, sports program that uses school space who provide a service for a school or manage activities on school sites that impact F and M
students but who are not employees of the school.
School officials individuals who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents who submit information for school SEVP certification and recertification and oversee F and M
students enrolled at their school.
Exchange visitor program sponsors e.g., an entity seeking to sponsor a nonimmigrant au pair, research scholar, intern, or government visitor who must be designated by DOS to run an EV
Program and host J nonimmigrants. This includes the program sponsor e.g., owner, CEO, legal counsel who has legal signature authority for the EV
Program sponsor.
Program officials individuals who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents who submit information for EV Program sponsor DOS designation and re-designation and oversee J
nonimmigrants enrolled in programs offered by the sponsor.
Host families individuals who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents who provide living arrangements for J nonimmigrants.
Financial support provider who, as an individual, organization, or government, provides support to F/M/J
nonimmigrants.
Employers e.g., supervisor, official with signature authority of F/M/J
nonimmigrants with authority to work in the United States.
Federal government personnel i.e., federal employees and contractors who manage the SEVP program and use information maintained by SEVP to support the DHS mission, and coordinate with DOS with respect to the J exchange visitor program-related data.
Federal government personnel also use SEVP information to support other federal agency missions that align with
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DHSs and DOSs oversight of nonimmigrant students and exchange visitors, including the ED, Department of Commerce, Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation, and federal intelligence agencies.
State government personnel i.e., state employees and contractors who interact with federal government personnel and exchange information for activities related to administrative reviews and investigations.
Governing bodies e.g., licensing and accrediting bodies that ensure the education provided by schools meets acceptable levels of quality and grant licenses and accreditation to schools that meet these criteria.
Members of the public e.g., property owners, holding companies, school officials, F and M nonimmigrants, individuals of the general population who 1 provide SEVP with information about things such as a school, program, or individual aligned with SEVP and potential infractions or illegal activities;
2 provide feedback about SEVP on the performance of SEVP employees, its programs, or its regulations; or 3
contact SEVP for other reasons.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

The various categories of information including PII and sensitive PII
collected, received, captured, used, shared, and maintained by SEVP and DOS on the individuals identified above are as follows:
BiographicalIncludes full name;
gender; date of birth; country of birth;
country of citizenship; country of legal permanent residence; contact information e.g., telephone number, email address, physical/mailing address; and full name and contact information of proxy, parent, or legal guardian for F/M/J nonimmigrant.
Criminal HistoryIncludes arrest and bail information, case number, date charges were filed, case type, initial criminal offense type, date of crime, disposition and judgment date, and county jurisdiction.
Identity VerificationIncludes identity documents e.g., drivers license, passport; unique identifiers e.g., SEVIS ID, immigration identification number IIN, official personal identification number OPID, A-number, passport number, limited instances of incidental collection of social security number; and biometric identifiers e.g., fingerprint identification number FIN.
EducationIncludes education transcripts; certificates of graduation;
program of study e.g., types of program, courses, level of education; length of study; school registration information;

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