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This policy explains the rules, eligibility requirements, authorization processes, and reporting obligations for international students at UNC-Chapel Hill who wish to work on campus or pursue authorized off-campus employment. It is intended to help students maintain valid immigration status while engaging in employment opportunities such as on-campus work, CPT, OPT, STEM OPT, Academic Training, or hardship-based employment.

This policy explains how prospective UNC-Chapel Hill students who are currently in the U.S. in a non-student immigration status can change to F-1 or J-1 status, either by traveling abroad or by applying within the U.S. It also outlines related rules about studying and working while the change of status is pending.