VCS error says that the fields that were updated cannot be submitted until the exchange visitor is validated. What does that mean?
The Department of Homeland Security’s SEVIS system does not allow updates to certain exchange visitor information after they have been issued their J visa in their country of origin and before he or she has been validated (Trainee Status changed to In-Training and Program Status changed to Active). This means that once a participant’s information has been submitted to SEVIS and after they have been issued their J visa in their country of origin, the record is locked until the participant is confirmed to have started training. Some updates from TraiNet must be held in limbo in the VCS until the exchange visitor’s TraiNet data is updated to show he or she is In-Training. Once that has been done the error will be resolved and the pending updates will be submitted. The Verifier may want to reject this exchange visitor. This will not affect their status in the SEVIS system. By rejecting the visitor the Verifier removes him from the VCS Verifier queue and thus alleviates the daily automated
