Originally Posted by SFDOC
Your information is incorrect.
If you got to the SEVIS site;
Study in the States - School Search#
Put in SRT Helicopters, Bakersfield Ca, they will show as approved and they are a Part 61 school, and can issue I-20's.
They were the 1st, and to my knowledge the only Helicopter Part 61 school that has been approved.
My information IS correct.
You may want to refer to this short ICE document which states that a school must have Part 141 or have provisionally applied for Part 141 to become or maintain their SEVIS approved status.
http://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/...-providers.pdf
If a Part 61 school withdraws their Part 141 application or if their application is denied - then they will lose their interim SEVIS status.
So that school may have interim SEVIS approval - but they won't retain it unless they get full Part 141 status.