Update Home Address (SEVIS)

Purpose: Use this document as a reference for updating the home address type 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 CC SOGI
  • ZC CS SEVIS
  • ZD CC SOGI
  • ZD CS SEVIS
  • ZZ CC SOGI
  • 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.

You must also set these SACR Security permissions:

A person record must exist for the individual receiving the name modification in order to proceed with this process. See QRG: Adding Applications Manually without a Fee.

A home address must be an address within the United States to proceed with this process.

Add/Update a Person

Navigation: Campus Community > SEVIS > Personal Information > Add/Update a Person

  1. Navigate to Add/Update a Person.
  2. On the Search page:
    • Enter search criteria to identify the student.
    • Select Include History.
    • Click Search.

Open Addresses

  1. The Add/Update a Person page displays.
  2. Select the Addresses tab.
  3. The student’s Current Addresses display at the top of the page.
  4. For the Home address type, select Edit/View Address Detail.
Addresses Tab> Edit/vView Address Detail link highlighted in red

Add a New Address Row

  1. The Address History page displays.
  2. Click the Add [+] button to insert a new row.
    • Two rows for the Home address type now display.
    • Effective Date defaults to today’s date.
    • Status defaults to Active.
  3. In the new row, use the Country lookup tool to select USA.
    • The address fields will be blank for the new row.
  4. Select Update Addresses.
The Update Addresses link is highlighted in red

Enter U.S. Home Address

  1. The Edit Address page displays.
  2. Enter the student’s U.S. Home Address.
    • Required fields: Country, Address 1, City, State, Postal.
    • Not required: Address 2, Address 3, County.
  3. Click OK.
  4. 💡If the address is valid but not recognized by Clean Address (e.g., new construction), follow the Bypass Clean Address QRG to proceed.
The OK button is highlighted in red

Verify and Save

  1. The Address History page displays.
    • The new U.S. Home Address is listed in the new row.
  2. Click OK to return.
  3. The Add/Update a Person page redisplays, defaulting to the Addresses tab.
    • The new U.S. Home Address appears under the Home address type.
  4. Scroll to the bottom and click Save.
  5. Process complete.
The updated address is highlighted in red

Video Tutorial

The video below demonstrates the process actions described in the steps  listed above. There is no audio included with this video. Select the  play button to start the video.

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