{"id":196,"date":"2020-06-01T21:17:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T21:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/internationalservices\/?page_id=196"},"modified":"2023-05-04T17:59:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T17:59:53","slug":"on-campus-employment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/international-services\/employment\/f-1-students\/on-campus-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"On Campus Employment"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Inserted by Dropdownizer plugin. Forces video embeds contained in dropdowns to have a size --><style>.dropdownizer__dropdown iframe { width: 100% !important; height: 100% !important; }<\/style>\n<p>All F-1 and J-1 international students are eligible to work on campus.\u00a0Work is considered \u201con campus\u201d so long as the employer either is Vassar and\/or provides direct services to students (eg Bon Appetit).\u00a0Your paycheck must be issued by Vassar College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eligibility&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>F-1 Students wishing to work on campus must:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Be a full-time student<\/li><li>Have a valid, unexpired Vassar I-20<\/li><li>Have a valid, unexpired passport<\/li><li>Have an I-94 arrival\/departure record indicating F-1 status<\/li><li>Have or apply for a Social Security number<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>J-1 Students wishing to work on campus must:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Be a full-time student<\/li><li>Have a valid, unexpired Vassar DS-2019<\/li><li>Have a valid, unexpired passport<\/li><li>Have an I-94 arrival\/departure record indicating J-1 status&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAQs for on-campus employment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>First see Vassar\u2019s Student Employment website&nbsp;<a href=\"\/student-employment\/answers\/\">FAQs on getting a campus job<\/a>, which includes a lot of questions that apply to all students and a section for international&nbsp;students.<\/li><li>How many hours per week can I work?<ul><li>The SEVIS regulations state that you cannot exceed more than 20 combined hours per week for any forms of employment while classes are in session.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Vassar regulations further restrict on-campus employment during the semester to 7 hours per week for first years, 8 hours for second years, and 9 hours for third and fourth-year students.<\/li><li>You are eligible to work full time during academic breaks.&nbsp;SEVIS has no restrictions on the number of hours.&nbsp;Vassar typically caps at 37.5 hours per week.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>I am a J-1 exchange student. Can I work on campus?<ul><li>Yes.&nbsp;You are eligible for on-campus employment, typically beginning a month after classes start UNLESS a department successfully requests for you to be able to start work earlier.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All F-1 and J-1 international students are eligible to work on campus.\u00a0Work is considered \u201con campus\u201d so long as the employer either is Vassar and\/or provides direct services to students (eg Bon Appetit).\u00a0Your paycheck must be issued by Vassar College. Eligibility&nbsp; F-1 Students wishing to work on campus must: Be a full-time student Have a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":193,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-196","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/international-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/international-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/international-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/international-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/international-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/international-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":573,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/international-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/196\/revisions\/573"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/international-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/international-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}