EMERGENCY: SEVIS TERMINATION - ASKING TO REINITIATE F1

[crazychase]

On F1 visa been working in the school IT department.

End of March department and leadership has told us to support more hours to help COVID issues as school got closed and moved to online.

We have asked that as international students we cannot work for more than 20hr but they have sent an email confirming that leadership has ok'd to do more than 20hr and report the hours to them. The schedule has also been given to work more hours.

Now DSO writes to the IT department to terminate the employment from this Monday and today he comes back saying as per legal we are terminating your SEVIS as you worked more than 20hr which HR department has told us (after running payrolls for 6 weeks) and coming Tuesday your SEVIS will be terminated and if interested college will support for the reinstatement of F1.

Any suggestions or help is highly appreciated.

[pontevecchio]

Which College?

[crazychase]

Alliant International University, San Diego

[02112018]

CPT is illegal currently. So better request your school to terminate your employement and keep the SEVIS active.

[JoeF]

You absolutely can't work more than 20 hours while classes are in session. HR or the department approving it is irrelevant. The law does not allow more than 20 hours/week, and the university can not override that.

You should have said 'No' when they asked you to work more.

Edited May 27, 2020 by JoeF

[JoeF]

21 hours ago, 02112018 said:

CPT is illegal currently. So better request your school to terminate your employement and keep the SEVIS active.

This isn't CPT. Please educate yourself.

Work on campus is always allowed, but not more than 20 hours when class is in session.

[JoeF]

16 hours ago, Noah Lott said:

just another sleazy diploma mill. I think that Alliance Univ had a Memorial Day sale on diplomas, just $99.95 and you could get a printed degree in just about any topic.

Well, they are accredited by WASC, so they seem to be legit. Certainly better than any institution accredited by ASICS.

They are for-profit, though, for a couple of years, owned by German media company Bertelsmann.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliant_International_University

As a former Consular Officer, you should know how to research these things and not just post a knee-jerk reaction... It took me, a lay person, 5 seconds to enter the name into a Google search and find the Wikipedia page...

Edited May 28, 2020 by JoeF

[02112018]

On 5/27/2020 at 3:52 PM, JoeF said:

This isn't CPT. Please educate yourself.

Work on campus is always allowed, but not more than 20 hours when class is in session.

Wish you the same, few schools activate part time CPT to work on campus as a teaching assistant etc.

[JoeF]

1 hour ago, 02112018 said:

Wish you the same, few schools activate part time CPT to work on campus as a teaching assistant etc.

Sigh. Work as TA is not done via CPT. The F1 rules allow work on campus, which is there exactly for TAs and RAs.

No real school would use CPT for that. Also, work in the IT department can not be done with CPT, because it is not integral to the curriculum. So, yeah, you need to learn things before posting.

And yes, I've been to graduate school at a public university, and have been a TA and RA.

Edited June 10, 2020 by JoeF

[02112018]

On 6/10/2020 at 4:27 PM, JoeF said:

Sigh. Work as TA is not done via CPT. The F1 rules allow work on campus, which is there exactly for TAs and RAs.

No real school would use CPT for that. Also, work in the IT department can not be done with CPT, because it is not integral to the curriculum. So, yeah, you need to learn things before posting.

And yes, I've been to graduate school at a public university, and have been a TA and RA.

Congrats then.