EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS:
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J-1 Employment Authorization Based on Economic Necessity
- J-1 students sponsored by
California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) may be eligible to engage in
off campus employment unrelated to their field of study due to unforeseen
severe economic hardship. The financial need must have arisen after the
student's program began and must be thoroughly documented. J-1 students issued
a DS-2019 by another agency must check with their sponsor for employment
eligibility.
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- Eligibility
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- The student must be
currently enrolled full time and be in good standing as a J-1 student.
Students on a one year exchange program will seldom be granted this type of
employment since their funds for the year have just been guaranteed. It is
only in the case of an extremely drastic change in the student's financial
circumstances (such as the death of a sponsor or a sudden political or
economic upheaval in the student's home country) that the student will be
considered eligible for this type of employment.
- J-1 students studying in a
long term program at CSUB may be eligible depending on their source of
funding.
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- Students fully funded by
CSUB who lose their entire sponsorship may not be eligible for this type of
employment because a part time job would not be sufficient to fund these
students on a full time basis. Partially funded students may be eligible for
this type of employment if they lose their other source of funding due to the
following possible circumstances: loss of a scholarship, death or severe
illness of the sponsor, bankruptcy or other financial disaster of the sponsor,
retirement or illness of the sponsor, student's excessive medical bills,
substantial devaluation of the currency of the student's home country,
political or economic upheaval in the student's home country.
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- Way of demonstrating these
circumstances could include: a letter documenting the loss of a scholarship,
personal letters from the student's sponsor describing the situation, a legal
document from the sponsor's attorney or company, a death certificate, a
document from the student's medical doctor, copies of magazine articles or
newspaper articles which show changing circumstances in a student's home
country, including currency fluctuations, or copies of a student's excessive
medical bills.
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- Sometimes students are not
sure if their circumstances meet the eligibility requirements for this type of
employment. These students are welcome to make an appointment with the
International Student Advisor to discuss their particular situation and to see
if it indeed qualifies.
- Application Procedures
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- Students should make an
appointment with the International Student Advisor and take the following
documents to the appointment:
- 1) valid passport,
- 2) pink copy of the DS-2019
Form, and
- 3) written proof of the
reasons for the financial difficulties.
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- If the Advisor determines
that the student is eligible, the student will be given a letter of employment
authorization. This letter is the required written documentation that the
student is legally authorized to accept employment.
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- The authorization will
terminate either on the ending date of the DS-2019 Form, or at the end of one
year, whichever is sooner. It may be renewed, but it is automatically
terminated if the student fails to maintain J-1 status or completes the J-1
program.
