Time spent on full-time CPT is cumulative. Employment for 20 hours or less per week is considered part-time CPT; employment of more than 20 hours per week is considered full-time CPT. There is no limitation on the length of time you may participate in part-time CPT but you must be careful to limit your work to no more than 20 hours per week.
Exception: You may work full-time during official school breaks i. CPT is usually granted for one semester or term. You may only work for the time period authorized on your I However, you may request to extend your CPT. Your employer or company must officially offer you a training opportunity.
Ask your employer to write a Detailed Training Description. It must:. A standard job offer letter may not contain the required information. We recommend your employer uses this sample Detailed Training Description. Please ensure your Detailed Training Description contains all details. If your current offer letter is missing only 1 or 2 details, we may accept one printed e-mail, addressed to you, directly from your employer containing the missing details.
If any details of your training opportunity change, please e-mail documentation verifying the changes to icenter umich.
You are required to update your address in Wolverine Access within 10 days of any change while you are in F-1 status. It is not uncommon for students to confuse unpaid internships with volunteering and therefore conclude that no work authorization is necessary for engaging in an unpaid internship.
However, there is a difference between volunteering and engaging in an unpaid internship. Volunteering refers to donating time with an organization whose primary purpose is charitable or humanitarian in nature, without remuneration or any other type of compensation.
The U. The following six criteria must be met for an internship to be considered a legitimate unpaid internship and not employment below minimum wage, in violation of Department of Labor laws :. CPT authorization is strongly recommended for all unpaid internships, whether the student does or does not need to provide employment authorization documents to the company. The F-1 regulations are written in such a way that CPT is an authorization to do practical training as part of the curriculum for the academic program, and as such is significant in more ways than simply for the employer to verify employment eligibility.
CPT authorization is more than just permission to get paid. Eligibility You must be a student with F-1 immigration status. Please consult the Reves Center if you have a pending change of status to F You must be in good academic standing as certified by your academic advisor and have been enrolled full-time for one year two semesters in F-1 status. Academic programs that require their students to complete an internship during their first year might be exempted from this rule such as the MAcc, MBA or Public Policy program.
If you are an F-1 undergraduate student, you must have already declared a major. You must continue to be enrolled full time in F-1 status during the period of employment. If you are in in the thesis or dissertation phase of your program, you may only be authorized for CPT under this category.
The work may be paid or unpaid, full-time or part-time, which take place off-campus. Can I apply for multiple semesters of CPT at once? CPT is authorized on a semester-by-semester basis.
What course should I register for during my CPT semester? CPT Work Authorization. How many hours per week constitutes part-time employment? Yes, during the summer term. Even though USCIS does not restrict you from working more than 40 hours, labor laws and insurance-related university policies may prohibit this, so please check with your employer to make sure you are in compliance. When can I start working on CPT? Can I work 20 hours per week on my graduate assistantship and 20 hours per week on CPT during the Spring or Fall semester?
In which case, the total amount of employment hours combining on- and off-campus employment could exceed 20 per week. Can I work on-campus and off-campus at the same time during the summer session? The summer semester is considered a vacation term provided you are enrolled for the Fall semester and the summer is not your final semester and so the normal 20 hour employment restriction described above does not apply.
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