Can i work in LA (los angeles) on a student visa?
im planning to move to los angeles (from the UK) in 2010 to attend FIDM - can i work on a student visa? if not is there a way i can get around it? Los Angeles - 3 Answers
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Legally, this is not LA-specific. U.S. law allows persons with a student visa to work only for the academic institution (college, university, etc.) where they are a student, but not to work for anyone else. The only way around this is to get a different type of visa. Unofficially speaking, there are lots of jobs in LA where they will illegally hiring someone without checking if they have any visa. However, if the government catches you working at one of these, you might lose the student visa and have to leave the country.
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Check the regulations where you got your visa. You MAY be able to work while in school, but you're not technically allowed to just come over and work. Not only could you be deported (and not allowed back in), you could get your employer in trouble.
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I'm pretty sure that you can work for up to 20 hours a week on a student visa, however, you may only work on campus. I'll be starting college in 2010, as well =]
im planning to move to los angeles (from the UK) in 2010 to attend FIDM - can i work on a student visa? if not is there a way i can get around it? Los Angeles - 3 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
Legally, this is not LA-specific. U.S. law allows persons with a student visa to work only for the academic institution (college, university, etc.) where they are a student, but not to work for anyone else. The only way around this is to get a different type of visa. Unofficially speaking, there are lots of jobs in LA where they will illegally hiring someone without checking if they have any visa. However, if the government catches you working at one of these, you might lose the student visa and have to leave the country.
2 :
Check the regulations where you got your visa. You MAY be able to work while in school, but you're not technically allowed to just come over and work. Not only could you be deported (and not allowed back in), you could get your employer in trouble.
3 :
I'm pretty sure that you can work for up to 20 hours a week on a student visa, however, you may only work on campus. I'll be starting college in 2010, as well =]
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