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The federal government reactivated the visas and immigration statuses of all seven Penn affiliates whose statuses had previously been terminated, according to a University spokesperson.
On April 25, a University spokesperson told The Daily Pennsylvanian that three of the seven Student and Exchange Visitor Information System accounts of Penn affiliates that had previously been terminated were restored. As of Sunday afternoon, the remaining four SEVIS profiles had been updated from "Terminated" to "Active."
The reactivations come as the Trump administration walked back its cancellation of over 1,500 student visas nationwide on April 25, following weeks of ongoing legal action to halt the revocations.
An April 25 announcement from International Student and Scholar Services stated that Penn confirmed that three SEVIS records were "updated to 'Active' status" on April 24.
Penn first learned of the terminations through a check of SEVIS — an online database managed by the Department of Homeland Security that tracks the records of international students studying in the United States, according to ISSS.
Amid sweeping revocations across the country, Penn has been conducting twice-daily routine checks of SEVIS and notifying individual students whose immigration statuses are affected.
On April 17, the DP reported that eight Penn affiliates had either their visa or immigration status revoked, with seven revocations initiated through SEVIS record terminations. A University spokesperson later confirmed that the SEVIS records belonged to one undergraduate student, five graduate students, and one alumnus on a sponsored visa. An additional Penn affiliate had their visa revoked by the State Department.
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