SEVIS Information

SEVIS INFORMATION

1- This payment is for visas F, J and M, whose I-20 or DS-2019 has been emitted as of September 01, 2004. The payment form is the SEVIS I-901. 
2- The I-901 form is available on the SEVIS section (www.fmjfee.com) of the DHS website. Schools, universities and institutions also have this form.
3- Students must use this form to make the payment.
4- There are two methods of payment, via credit card entering the www.fmjfee.com site or through Western Union. The cards that can be used are: It Sights, Mastercard, and American Express. 
5- Students can go to any Western Union in Ecuador and make the payment. They must complete the form in the following manner: where it says, “pay to” Company Name, they must put “U.S. BANK DHS.” Where it says “Company Code,” they must put “FMSEVISFEE, MO” if the payment is for a F1 visa or “JSEVISFEE, MO” if the payment is for a J-1 visa. Where it says “Country,” the payee must put “USA.”  The receipt must also include the complete name of the student, address, telephone number and the SEVIS number.  The student can check the official Web page for more information at: www.ice.gov/sevis.  See SEVIS-901 Fee  for further information on how to pay the fee.
6- Almost all students must pay the fee of $180 or $200. Interchange students (Summer Camp programs, Au Pairs, or Work/Travel Program participants) pay $35. Participants in G-1, G-2 and G-3 programs, sponsored by the Government of the United States of America, do not pay.
7- The Fee is paid only by the applicant for F1, J-1 or M-1 visas.  Immediate family members traveling with the applicant do not pay.
8- It takes 3 days for the payment to appear in our system.
9- Applicants who cannot demonstrate that they have made the payment will be rejected under code 221g.  
10- The payment fee will be made only one time, unless the student loses his status.  In this case, they will have to make the payment again.
11- Students will not have to pay a new SEVIS fee in the following case: they change school or University, they are absent for a period of less than 5 months, they are renewing their visa, they are extending their stay or they are changing the level of the program in which they are enrolled.