9.2 Entering SEVIS Citizenship/Passport Data
Purpose: Use this document as a reference for entering SEVIS citizenship/passport data in ctcLink.
Audience: College staff responsible for maintaining student SEVIS information.
You must have at least one of these local college managed security roles:
- ZC CS SEVIS
- ZD CS SEVIS
- ZZ CS SEVIS
If you need assistance with the above security roles, please contact your local college supervisor or IT Admin to request role access.
A person record must exist for the individual receiving the Citizenship/Passport Data modification in order to proceed with this process. See QRG: 9.2 Adding Applications Manually.
SEVIS requires two citizenship rows to proceed with this process:
- Row reflecting the student’s foreign country of citizenship in the Country field, and
- Row reflecting USA in the Country field and Alien Temporary in the Citizenship Status field.
Entering SEVIS Citizenship/Passport Data
Navigation: NavBar > Navigator > Campus Community > SEVIS > Personal Information > Citizenship/Passport Data
- The Citizenship/Passport Data search page displays.
- Enter Search Criteria to identify your student.
- Select Search.

- The Citizenship/Passport page displays.
- SEVIS requires two citizenship rows to proceed with this process:
- Row reflecting the student's foreign country of citizenship in the Country field.
- Row reflecting USA in the Country field and Alien Temporary in the Citizenship Status field.
- Follow the case options below to enter Citizenship/Passport information to meet SEVIS requirements.
- Select [+] plus sign to add a new row.
- A second row will display with no values in the fields.
- In the Citizenship/Passport section, select the lookup tool for the Country field and select USA.
- A USA value will automatically populate for the Country field in the Passport Information section.
- Select the drop-down arrow for the Citizenship Status field and select “Alien Temporary.”
- Select Save.
- Process complete.
- Select the [+] plus sign to add a new row.
- A second row will display with no values in the fields.
- In the Citizenship/Passport section, click the lookup tool for the Country field and select student’s foreign country of citizenship.
- The value you selected will automatically populate for the Country field in the Passport Information section.
- Leave the Citizenship Status field blank.
- Enter student’s Passport Number if known.
- This is not a required field for the SEVIS batch process.
- Select Save.
- Process complete.
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