# 2025-20939: Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Form No. I-515A; Notice to Student or Exchange Visitor

2025-20939, Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Form No. I-515A; Notice to Student or Exchange Visitor, is a Federal Register notice from Homeland Security Department, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement published 2025-11-25, effective Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until December 26, 2025. (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20939
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20939
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Form No. I-515A; Notice to Student or Exchange Visitor
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Homeland Security Department; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Citation: 90 FR 53377
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Effective: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until December 26, 2025.
- Comments close: 2025-12-26
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## Summary

The government is keeping the Form I-515A, which lets students and exchange visitors know important info, just as it is—no changes! This affects international students and exchange visitors who use this form. They’re asking for public comments until December 26, 2025, but there’s no new cost or extra paperwork involved.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will submit the following Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance. This information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on September 3, 2025, allowing for a 60-day comment period. ICE received no comments. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comments.

## Effects PRIA read

- I-515A Form Kept As-Is: benefit, low. If you are an international student (F-1 or M-1), an exchange visitor (J-1), or a dependent (F-2, M-2, J-2) admitted as a nonimmigrant and missing required documents, you will continue to receive Form I-515A telling you which documents to provide to the DHS Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEV…

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## Sources
- [2025-20939 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20939/agency-information-collection-activities-extension-without-change-of-a-currently-approved-collection)
- [2025-20939 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20939.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20939 (as of 2026-06-08).
