US ICE and State of California shut down Tri-Valley University

Go to the website of Tri-Valley Universityand you will find the following message:

Dear All;

TVU’s appeal to BPPE’s ceasing of operation order initially submitted on Feb.1st, 2011 was voluntarily withdrawn; officially executed by Mr. David Billingsley, Ms. Susan Su’s lawyer in her behalf on March 7th , 2011; confirmed by State of California Attorney General on March 11th, 2011. As by law, TVU is no longer in operation as of March 17th, 2011.


Many of your admitted universities have requested for your TVU transcripts. We have asked all TVU faculty members to upload all previous term grades in the TVU website. If you login your TVU account, you can print out your official grade report from the system (which is even more accurate). TVU, the world first TV University has already been for three years, and has only operated for three years.


We also know that many of you are still waiting and hoping that soon or quickly; TVU were able to get back to normal operation. Some of you even refuse to take the permanent working permit offerred by ICE. The final message from Ms. Su as TVU’s President is an ENCOURAGEMET to you all to MOVE ON! Let me give the closure by reminding and ensuring you all that: after the darkest moment is the dawn--- a new day with the sun rising and shining!


In His Service and Grace!
Ms. Susan Su

Then go to the US ICE websiteand search "Tri-Valley University" and you will find this message:

Attention Former Tri-Valley University Students

If you were formerly enrolled as an F-1 student at TVU and have been terminated in SEVIS, please note the following.

SEVP terminated the records of all F-1 students enrolled at TVU as of Jan. 18, 2011. You should call SEVP Response Center (SRC) at 703-603-3400. This number is currently staffed from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. (EST), seven days a week. Beginning Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, this number will be staffed Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (EST). At other times, you may leave a telephone number at which SEVP will return your call the next day.

Please be prepared to provide the follow information to the SEVP staff when you call:

* First and last name
* SEVIS ID#
* Address
* Telephone number where you can be reached
* E-mail address
* Dates of attendance at TVU
* Level and Major of study at TVU

When you call, SEVP will provide you with your options including the option to depart from the United States without an otherwise possibly applicable bar to re-admission in the future.

So what happened? Herewith the explanation from KTVUin San Francisco:

Posted: 9:51 pm PST January 21, 2011Updated: 9:59 pm PST January 21, 2011
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Following a raid by federal agents Wednesday of an East Bay University, KTVU obtained court documents that explained why federal prosecutors called Tri-Valley University a sham university.

Court documents revealed that Susan Su, the school’s president made millions of dollars in an elaborate scheme to defraud the U.S. government.

Su and others used the school to provide visa related documents to foreign nationals to get student visas in exchange for tuition, according to court documents.

The complaint also alleged that the university listed the same Sunnyvale address for a number of students, none of whom lived there.