---
title: "Check a Form I-20 against the school's SEVP record"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/education-law/draft-the-written-agreement-with-an-overseas-student/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A59-Q20261018-2-US"
practice_area: "Education Law"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Check a Form I-20 against the school's SEVP record

> List the student named on the Form I-20, the school named, the program start date printed, and whether a designated school official's signature appears. Do not say the form was properly issued.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Education Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/education-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | List the student named on the Form I-20, the school named, the program start date printed, and whether a designated school official's signature appears. Do not say the form was properly issued. |
| What the lawyer must review | 8 C.F.R. § 214.3(k) requires a designated school official of an SEVP-certified school to sign any completed Form I-20 issued for a prospective or continuing student or a dependent. A form issued by a certified school system must state which school the student will attend. The official responsible for admission must have accepted the prospective student for enrollment in a full course of study. That is one of the conditions on the page, not a complete list. Section 214.3(g)(1) requires the school to keep specified records for each F-1 or M-1 student to whom it has issued a Form I-20 while the student attends and until the school reports that the student is no longer pursuing a full course of study, and to keep a record of having complied for at least three years after that. You decide whether this form meets the section. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Draft the written agreement with an overseas student](https://ailawframework.com/practice/education-law/draft-the-written-agreement-with-an-overseas-student.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List the student named on the Form I-20, the school named, the program start date printed, and whether a designated school official's signature appears. Do not say the form was properly issued.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- There is no written agreement of the kind used for an overseas-student statute. The opened instrument is the Form I-20 and the SEVP record.
- Section 214.3(k) has more conditions than the admission acceptance. They were not restated.

## Sources

- [8 C.F.R. § 214.3, SEVP certification of schools](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-214/subpart-A/section-214.3) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512 (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Written agreement with an overseas student (National Code Standard 3)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/education-law/overseas-student-written-agreement.md) | Agreement | Yellow | A clause skeleton for the written agreement an ESOS provider must have with an overseas student before, or when, it accepts course money: course, fees, refunds, complaints and the privacy and… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*