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International students are permitted to work on campus 20 hours per week.

Before you begin working on campus you must first complete all required employment verification paperwork with the Career & Professional Development Office. Email the office at careers@tcu.edu to schedule an appointment to bring in your Student Employment Paperwork.

The process for employment verification is different for international students, see information below for that process.
   
Employees must provide documentation to their employers to show their identity and authorization to work in the U.S. To do this, students must complete the following.
   
1. Complete the I-9 form.

2. Provide appropriate original documentation within 3 business days of your first day of employment. Students must choose from the List of Acceptable Documents on the I-9 form: One document from List A, or one document from List B and one document from List C. No copies of documents are accepted.

3. Bring the I-9 Form and the appropriate original documentation to the Center for Career & Professional Development during business hours.

4. Once your I-9 paperwork has been verified, students will receive an email from the Center for Career & Professional Development. This email will notify you of the next steps you must take, which include working with your hiring supervisor.

5. Hiring supervisors must complete the Electronic Personnel Action Form (ePAF) through my.tcu.edu. Once complete, this automatically routes to Financial Aid (when appropriate) and then to Human Resources for processing.

6. Once you receive an email from Human Resources with a start date, you may begin to work on that start date. You should not begin to work before you receive the email from Human Resources or before the start date noted within that email.

7. The email from Human Resources will also provide you with directions on how to set up your direct deposit, tax withholdings (W4s), sign up for your W2 and other information.

8. You will be required to use Frog Time to log your time worked. If your job is not active in Frog Time, you are not clear to work and should not begin to work. Contact your hiring supervisor for assistance.