Hi, I got visa in July and I went to USA and came back with in a week due to my personal reasons, I want to defer my admission , I got a new i20 with new sevis number on it, old one got terminated from same university , now my question is whether I have to pay sevis fee again or it will get transfer automatically , I’m trying to call university but they are not responding, I need reply very urgently please reply asap
You would need to pay SEVIS fee again as you were out of status and outside of US for over 5 months. Check the article on Who must pay SEVIS Fee ? Your situation is listed there.