Navigating employment as an international student can be tricky, but we\u2019re here to help. Read this guide to better understand the rules and procedures for employment established by Boston University, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and your sponsoring agencies.<\/p>\n
If you meet the\u00a0eligibility criteria<\/a>\u00a0to work on-campus, you may search for a position through the\u00a0JobX Student Job Board<\/a>. You may also find opportunities through word-of-mouth or by looking at job listings posted around campus.<\/p>\n You may work\u00a0only on campus<\/strong>\u00a0unless you have received specific off-campus employment authorization from\u00a0ISSO<\/a>. To aid in your job search, there is a specific \u201cOn-Campus\u201d category for our Student Job Service.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re in an immigration status other than F-1 or J-1, you may be authorized for full-time or off-campus employment under certain circumstances, but you must consult with an advisor at ISSO before beginning work.<\/p>\n Work Essentials<\/strong><\/p>\n Individual departments, positions, and students will have different needs, but these are the basic international employment requirements to complete. Once you\u2019re offered a position, complete these next steps.<\/p>\n All student employees are paid in a similar manner. For more information, refer to the Getting Paid<\/a>\u00a0section.<\/p>\n Like all student employees, international students are subject to both federal and state income taxes.\u00a0However<\/strong>, students from countries that have tax treaties with the United States may be eligible to exempt a portion of their earnings from taxes.\u00a0All\u00a0tax information, including mandatory income filing for earnings, can be found in\u00a0Tax Information for International Students<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n According to USCIS regulations, you may only work up to 20 hours per week while classes are in session. You may work more than 20 hours per week during vacation periods: winter intersession, spring break, and summer recess. Here\u2019s how it works:<\/p>\n Part-Time or Full-Time Hours<\/strong><\/p>\n If you are a student in F-1 or J-1 immigration status, you are permitted to work on-campus:<\/p>\n Please keep in mind that:<\/p>\n If you are concerned about the amount of hours on your student employee file each week, please\u00a0contact our office<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n After you\u2019ve received a job offer, it\u2019s essential to obtain a SSN<\/a>\u00a0for tax purposes. When you receive it, please provide the number to Student Employment either in-person or through secure electronic submission. (Do not share your SSN via regular email or phone.)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n Since each student\u2019s situation is different, we encourage you to seek additional assistance from the following sources:<\/p>\n Or could do this as an alert icon call out if you want to raise it in importance Navigating employment as an international student can be tricky, but we\u2019re here to help. Read this guide to better understand the rules and procedures for employment established by Boston University, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and your sponsoring agencies. Finding and Starting Employment If you meet the\u00a0eligibility criteria\u00a0to work on-campus, you may […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1183,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1940,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/547\/revisions\/1940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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