The Department of Labor has issued new regulations relating to off campus work for F-1 students. The F-1 Pilot Program allows F-1 students who have maintained their F-1 status for at least nine months and who are in good academic standing to be employed off-campus for up to 20 hours per week during the academic year (full time during vacations) if the employer files an attestation with the US Department of Labor and the university stating that the employer has unsuccessfully recruited for the position for at least 60 days and will pay the higher of the actual wage at the worksite or the prevailing wage for the area of employment. The Department of Labor issued an interim final rule in 1991 which allowed the employer’s attestation to remain through no later than September 1994. The Department of Labor has extended that deadline several times, the most recent through November 30, 1995. The new regulation extends existing attestations through the program’s expiration date, September 30, 1996. Congress will have to vote to extend the program at that point.
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