Reinstatement SEvis Fee payment

[ghoster]

Hey if someon where to be applying for the process of reinstatement of an f-1 visa would they need to pay the 200 dollar sevis fee again

[hpcsa]

What precisely do you mean with “reinstatement of f-1 visa”?

[b_r_um]

Are you asking what happens when you want to transfer schools with a pending application for reinstatement? The problem is that your SEVIS record cannot be transferred until your application for reinstatement has been adjudicated. Your options are:

(1) Wait for the reinstatement to get adjudicated. Don’t transfer and don’t travel.

(2) Let the transfer-in university open a new SEVIS record for you, leave the US and re-enter using the new I-20. This abandons your pending application for reinstatement. You will have to pay a new SEVIS fee if you go this route.

Here’s two references:

Transfer Records With Pending Reinstatement

A student cannot transfer while an application for reinstatement of status is pending with USCIS. The student must wait until the reinstatement is adjudicated or leave the United States and attempt to return with a new Initial Form I-20.

https://www.ice.gov/exec/sevp/Module5.htm

Conditions Preventing an F-1 SEVIS Transfer Request
SEVIS does not allow a DSO to transfer a record when:

Student record has a:

• Requested change of education level.
• Requested or pending reinstatement.
• Existing transfer request.

The Terminated or Completed student can also depart the United States and return with an Initial Attendance Form I-20 from the transfer-in school. The new SEVIS record will reset the student’s F-1 status and benefits clock, but would avoid a reinstatement.

https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/sevis-help-hub/student-records/transfers/manage-transfer-of-f-1-sevis-record

[ghoster]

No what I’m asking is it says there is a fee I have o pay that is part of the process of reinstatement
That first fee is 370 dollars
Then it says I should also bring my 200 sevis receipt so what I asking is this an old sevis receipt for my old number or do I have to pay again or my new number?
Hope his clarifies

[b_r_um]

Thanks for clarifying!

I had to google for the answer, but it looks like you’d have to pay a new SEVIS fee only if you have been out of status for more than 5 months. If you filed your application for reinstatement within the 5 month window, you should be able to use the old receipt.

Official reference:

Note: If the student has been out of status for more than five months, he or she must also:

• Pay the SEVIS I-901 fee again.
• Explain why the reinstatement application could not be filed sooner

https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/sevis-help-hub/student-records/certificates-of-eligibility/reinstatement-print-coe-form-i-20

Instructions from a university to their own students. Not an official reference but much less ambiguous:

SEVIS I-901 Fee Payment Receipt

• Students who have been out of status for less than five months do NOT need to pay the fee again. Just submit a photocopy of the payment receipt or request a reprint online: www.FMJfee.com
• Students who have been out of status for five months or more must pay the SEVIS I-901 Fee again. To make a payment, visit at www.FMJfee.com

https://ois.usc.edu/files/2014/07/Reinstatement.pdf