This form is used by nonimmigrant students and exchange visitors to submit the fee authorized by Pub.L. 104-208, Subtitle D, Section 641.
There has been a change in the fee revenue; the change is a decrease from $121,390,000 to $118,590,000. This is a result of eliminating the I-901 receipt expedited delivery option. Nonimmigrant students and exchange visitors will be able to print the receipt over the Internet (www.fmjfee.com). In concert, there is a reduction in the line item identified as, Printing Costs, within the Annualized Cost Analysis section. It drops to $90,167 in response to the nonimmigrant students and exchange visitors self-printing receipts. The remaining print costs pertain to credit card payment chargebacks and other collection issues, as well as to the remaining 3% of the F, J and M nonimmigrant population which still does not complete the Form I-901 through the Internet (www.fmjfee.com).
Approximately 99% of participants now submit Form I-901 payment online. Previously, when SEVP's Form I-901 processing staff identified an error or omission on a Form I-901, it affected contact with the F-1/M-1 nonimmigrant students or J-1exchange visitors via a letter sent through the traditional international postal systems, a process that could take up to 60 days to reach the addressee. By augmenting SEVP's Form I-901 data collection to include the F-1/M-1 nonimmigrant students and J-1 exchange visitors email address, SEVP will shorten the error correction window from the current 60 days to approximately 14 days. Timely Form I-901 error correction, and the successful processing of the I-901 fee before the F-1/M-1 nonimmigrant students or J-1 exchange visitors arrive at a consulate interview is imperative, as proof of Form I-901 payment is necessary at the visa screening process.
SEVP will divert the saved dollars and the saved staff hours to other facets of the Form I-901/FMJfee site's software development and management.
The nonimmigrant prints a receipt in order to provide backup to the I-901 SEVIS Fee Payment Information in SEVIS for the Consular interview. This facilitates confirmation that the I-901 fee was paid, as required. Five of the data elements that once printed on these receipts in order to provide the student's identity are now redundant. SEVP will no longer collect the following data elements: Gender, City (Province) of Birth, Country of Birth, Country of Citizenship and Passport Number. By eliminating these five data elements, SEVP shorten the nonimmigrant's Form I-901 response burden by 4 minutes per response.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form I-901 Fee Remittance Form for Certain F, J and M Nonimmigrants
ICE Form I-901.pdf
I-901 Supporting Statement 2014.docx
Fee Remittance Form for Certain F, J and M Nonimmigrants