Following the attacks of September 11, US colleges and universities have been challenged with the heightened reporting requirements of the foreign student tracking program.

SEVIS, a Web-based tracking system deployed by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), requires schools to report on all foreign students and visitors with F, M and J visas.

Swimfish now makes it easier for colleges and universities to comply with these reporting requirements.

rtCapture is a software application that downloads your school's data from the SEVIS RTI system. It can be used to capture either student or exchange visitor records, from either the beta or live RTI websites. Once the data is downloaded, you can perform the periodic record audits that are required as a registered user of SEVIS.

Here are some of the institutions using rtCapture:

Features

• Works with both RTI-test and RTI live data
• Captures both exchange visitor and student data
• Outputs to an Excel spreadsheet, which is then suitable for sorting, analysis, and importing to Microsoft Access or other applications

Requirements

Microsoft Windows (NT/2000/XP), Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later -or- Netscape/Mozilla 5.0 or later, a SEVIS RTI account, and Microsoft Excel 97 or later.