Employment

Employment (for the purposes of maintaining your status) is receiving compensation of any form in exchange for performing a task or providing a service. 

Employment eligibility for F-1 and J-1 status students is divided into two basic categories:  On campus employment and off-campus employment. 

On-Campus Employment:

• Work that you have been hired to do for the University of North Dakota, usually (but not always) on the actual UND campus. 
• In the majority of cases, your paychecks will come directly from UND. 
• If you are not absolutely certain that your job qualifies as on campus, you should contact an International Student Advisor before beginning to work. 
• All students in F-1 and J-1 status are eligible to work on campus up to 20 hours per week as long as certain conditions are met.

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Off-Campus Employment

• All employment that does not qualify as on-campus employment. 
• Eligibility for off-campus employment is quite limited for F-1 and J-1 students. 
• All off-campus employment requires special advance authorization.

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