<p>So I'm an international student at the cockrell Chemical Eng department. I'm a freshman now, and I wish to get internship on my sophomore or junior year so I want to plan early.</p>
<p>What is the limitation of an international student in terms of getting an internship/job? I've heard of something like "not being allowed to work off campus" but some companies listed on the Expo (like chevron for example, Engineering</a> Expo 2010) says that they "hire international student". Anybody can help me?</p>
<p>I used to be on an F-1 as well, and I was told that I wasn’t allowed to accept any money from an off-campus job. You know because of taxes and all. As long as there’s no money or “gifts” involved, like an unpayed internship I don’t think anyone’s going to mind. And that way you can always hope to impress so hard that they offer to sponser a work visa too. You should probably check with uscis before you do anything in case things have changed, just call them up.</p>