Student Exchange and Visitor Immigration System Web-based training
Learning Domains:
Leadership
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Social Advocacy and Justice
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Education
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Assessment and Evaluation
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Personal Development
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Description:
This entry discusses the process of completing a web-based
training for the Student Exchange and Visitor Immigration System (SEVIS). The
purpose of this training is to gain the necessary knowledge and skills in order
to assume an effective role of a Designated School Official (DSO). The responsibilities of a DSO include
carrying out various actions required to update, maintain, and retrieve
international student information. For instance, a DSO is responsible for
issuing an I-20, a legal immigration document required for all international
students as part of their application process to obtain a student visa. This entry will reflect my progress in expanding
knowledge in federal regulations and immigration requirements that address
international student matters. In addition, it will describe my learning
process in relevance to gaining new skills in the area of immigration
compliance.
Learning Outcomes:
SWiBAT: identify (knowledge) 6-9 nonimmigrant
F-1 student visa regulations upon completion of the DSO training by grouping
them into 3 main categories (becoming an international student, maintaining
student status, and employment procedures)
SWiBAT: differentiate (analysis) the
guidelines for the only 3 circumstances that permit students to reduce their course
load from full-time to part-time
Assessment Rubric:
Advanced
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Competent
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Basic
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Needs Improvement
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SLO # 1
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I indentified 10 or more nonimmigrant F-1 student visa
regulations upon completion of the DSO training by grouping them into 3 main
categories
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I indentified 6-9 nonimmigrant F-1 student visa
regulations upon completion of the DSO training by grouping them into 3 main
categories
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I indentified 2-5 nonimmigrant F-1 student visa
regulations upon completion of the DSO training by grouping them into 3 main
categories
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I indentified 1 or fewer nonimmigrant F-1 student visa
regulations upon completion of the DSO training
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SLO # 2
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I differentiated the guidelines for the only 3
circumstances that permit students to reduce their course load from full-time
to part-time and described each of circumstances in further detail
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I differentiated the guidelines for the only 3 circumstances
that permit students to reduce their course load from full-time to part-time
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I differentiated the guidelines for 2 circumstances
that permit students to reduce their course load from full-time to part-time
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that permit students to reduce their course load from
full-time to part-time
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Evidence:
Reflection:
Completing the SEVIS web-based training enabled me to
strengthen my knowledge in F-1 student visa requirements and enhanced my decision-making
skills in providing effective immigration advising to international students in
my current role as an Admission and Records Specialist at Saddleback College. I have increased my general understanding of
the legal policies that pertain to becoming an international student in the
U.S., maintaining international student status, and following appropriate employment
procedures. I have met the first
learning outcome at the advanced level of the rubric by identifying more than
10 (14 total) F-1 immigrations requirements and created a matrix
tables by grouping them into 3 main categories. In addition, I was able to successfully differentiate
between the only 3 immigration guidelines that permit F-1 students to reduce full-time
course load: 1) academic difficulties, 2) medical conditions, and 3) completion
of a course of study. Academic difficulties may be approved as a reason for
reducing course load if a student experiences an initial difficulty with the
English language or reading requirements, unfamiliarity with U.S. teaching
methods, or improper course level placement (U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement,
n.d.). An authorization for a reduced
course load due to academic difficulties is limited to one term at each program
level. The guidelines for reducing course load due to medical conditions state
that F-1 students with documented medical conditions can take a reduced course
load (or no course load at all) if they provide the Designated School Official
(DSO) with appropriate documentation from a licensed medical doctor (U.S.
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, n.d.). This type of authorization period
cannot exceed a total of 12 months per program level. Lastly, F-1 students in
their final term of studies are not required to be enrolled full-time. They are
permitted to take the amount of units needed to graduate (U.S. Immigrations and
Customs Enforcement, n.d.). As a result,
I accomplished the second learning outcome at the advanced level of the rubric
by differentiating the guidelines for the only 3 circumstances that permit
students to reduce their course load and described each of circumstances in
further detail. Overall, completing the
SEVIS web-based training empowered me to become more competent at providing effective
immigration advising in my daily practice to prospective and continuing
students at Saddleback College.
References
U.S.
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (n.d.). Student and Exchange Visitor
Program: Training for Designated School Officials. Retreived from: http://www.ice.gov/exec/training/
