Employment Information
Employment opportunities for students are limited by regulations of the Department of Homeland Security and United States Department of State. Students should not plan to meet their financial obligations to Greenville College through on or off-campus employment.

Prerequisites to Working

1. Receive job offer on campus.
2. Apply for Social Security Card. Multicultural Affairs Department will help you through the process. The Social Security Application can be found at http://www.ssa.gov/. Must have current I-20, Passport, school photo ID. The process of receiving a social security card takes approximately 4-6 weeks.
3. Contact Multicultural Affairs at (618) 664-7114 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with questions or concerns.

Work On-Campus
Students in F-1 status are eligible to work on campus immediately upon their arrival to the U.S. with completion of Social Security Card application, for up to twenty hours/week when school is in session and full-time during vacation periods (Christmas vacation, fall and spring breaks, summer vacation).

Work Off-Campus

• F-1 Status Work Guidelines
  International students become eligible to apply for off-campus work after nine (9) months of lawful full-time student enrollement. It is essential to understand that the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) definition of work includes any employment, on-campus or off-campus, whether paid or unpaid. ALL ARE DEFINED AS WORK. Three fundamental rules must be remembered:
  
  1. Nine (9) months enrolled in Higher Education
  2. F-1 students cannot work more than twenty hours per week, except during vacation periods.
  3. All forms of work require some type of authorization. Students should come to the Multicultural and Cross-Cultural Programs office to initiate the approval process.


• Categories of Off-Campus Work:
  (Each student must apply through the multicultural affairs department)
  
  1. Curricular Practical Training
  2. Optional Practical Training
  3. Economic Hardship

For more information on these, visit or contact the Multicultural Office.