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1979: Iranian Hostage Crisis 1993: first World Trade Center Bombing 1995: May -- INS internal review of student procedures 1996: Sept. -- Public law 104 -208, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) of 1996, enacted. 1996: Dec. -- CIPRIS task force vision concept approved by INS commissioner. 1997: June -- CIPRIS Pilot project began. 1998: Embassy bombings Tanzania/Kenya 1999: Oct. – Pilot project ends, CIPRIS system continues with INS and school support as an Operational Prototype (Atlanta Hartsfield Airport and District Office, Texas Service Center, 21 educational institutions, and DOS headquarters) 2000: USS Cole Bombed. 2000: Summer/Fall -- National CIPRIS system developed based on lessons learned from pilot schools, stakeholders, and the requirements of IIRIRA.

2000: Dec. and Jan. 2001 -- INS Site visits in Boston area for Beta Test. 2001: Jan. – Beta Test sites selected, deployment began. 2001: September 11 - World Trade Center event. 2001: USA PATRIOT ACT/Enhanced Border Security Act. 2002: January/April - CIPRIS/ BETA ends, SEVIS deployed, Version 1. 2002: July 1 - SEVIS version 2 +++. 2002: Sept. 11 - DOS ISEAS interim parallel system. 2002: Nov. 15 - All schools sponsoring F-1 students required to apply for acceptance into SEVIS on I-17 A by this date in order to continue issuing I 20 s in SEVIS system post-Jan. 2003. 2002: Dec. 5 – All schools sponsoring J-1 students required to apply for acceptance into SEVIS on DS 3036 by this date in order to continue issuing DS-2019 s in SEVIS post-Jan. 2003. 2002: Dec. 12 - DOS issues interim SEVIS J regulations 2003: January 30 - Use of SEVIS becomes mandatory for all schools. Only SEVIS I-20 s/DS-2019 s from this point onward may be issued.

“Final” batch specifications were released in August 2002 but have been repeatedly updated, making it difficult for vendors to finalize programming. First round testing of F batch specifications was available September 23, 2002 and is currently working (or so we hear). J batch testing was forecasted to start November 15, 2002 but nothing has occurred as of January 2003. F Regulations became final on December 11, 2002. J Interim regulations were published on December 12, 2002.