Immigration Documents
Maintaining Your Status
On-Campus Employment
Off-Campus Employment
100
Which documents may expire without causing a student to violate the immigration regulations? A. Passport B. I-20 C. Visa
What is Visa
100

True or False: F-1 students are required by the U.S. immigration regulations to notify the Office Global Education within 10 days of moving if their address has changed even during the summer or if their major has changed so that ISSS can print out a new I-20 for them.

What is True

100

This is the number of hours you can work on-campus (or off-campus) per week during the academic semester?

What is No more than 20 hours/week

100

True or False: International students may not work off campus without prior authorization from Global Education and without getting a new I-20 notating the employment authorization.

What is True

200
True or False: You cannot apply for a new F-1 visa within the U.S.
True
200
Travel Signatures for an I-20 are valid for how many months?
What is 12 months
200
What is the number of hours you can work on-campus (or off-campus) per week during semester breaks (i.e. summer, spring break, etc.)?
What is 40 hours/week
200

True or False: All international students, regardless of whether they work in the U.S., must file U.S. income tax forms each year.

What is True; there will be a tax workshop on Thursday, September 4th and additional information will be provided in the spring semester.

300
You should keep ALL of your I-20s for what period of time?
What is Forever. You should also make copies of all of your immigration documents and keep them in a place separate from the original documents in case your original documents are lost or stolen.
300

The grace period to prepare for departure after you complete your program is how many days?

What is 60 days

300

This is the minimum number of months a student must be in F-1 status before being allowed to work on campus at Le Moyne College.

What is 0 months; an F-1 student may begin employment on campus during their first semester.

300

What type of off-campus employment authorization for F-1 students requires that the employment be related to field of study, that the student receive course credit for the employment, and that a job offer is required before the employment authorization is given by Global Education?

What is Curricular Practical Training (CPT). Note: A job offer letter is not required before applying for Optional Practical Training (OPT), but the OPT employment must still be related to the student’s primary field of study.

400
If you cannot finish your program before the end date on your I-20 and you have compelling academic reasons for not finishing your program by the original end date, what must you do?
What is Contact the ISSS Office, fill out the appropriate paperwork to request a Program Extension, obtain a letter from your academic advisor, and have the end date on your I-20 extended by the ISSS Office. Note: Academic probation and dismissal are not considered valid reasons for a Program Extension to be granted. (Acceptable answer: Contact the ISSS Office and request a Program Extension)
400

You are currently enrolled in 12 units. If you need to drop a class, what must you do FIRST? A. Stop attending class B. Submit an Add/Drop form to the Registrar’s Office C. See Amy in the Global Education Office D.Ask your instructor to drop you from the course

What is See Amy in the Global Education Office

400

This is where a student find an on-campus job at Le Moyne College.

What is Handshake, managed by the Career Advising Office.

400

You cannot receive Curricular Practical Training (CPT) authorization – and therefore not work off campus - until you have been in legal F-1 status for at least how long?

What is One full academic year (Spring and Fall semester)

500

Immigration regulations require students to carry this documentation at all times.

What is an I-94 record. This can be accessed on the CBP website at https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94

500

What type of authorization must F-1 Students receive on their I-20s from Office of Global Education before dropping below full-time status (fewer than 12 credits for undergraduates and fewer than 9 credits for graduates)?

What is Reduced Course Load Authorization

500

What does an F-1 student need to do before getting a Social Security Number?

What is Find an on-campus job or be authorized for employment off campus (CPT or OPT) and complete the On Campus Employment form on Echo.

500

What is the maximum number of months a student can work on post-completion Optional Practical Training (OPT) after he/she graduates?

What is 12 months on post-completion OPT; students in majors deemed to be STEM programs by DHS may apply for a 24-month STEM OPT extension.