Hiring an International Student
Instructions to Hire an International Student
The following steps on this page will provide information on how to hire an International Student after they have interviewed and received an offer of employment. These steps apply to an International Student who has never worked on campus before and does not have a social security card. If they already have a social security card, please skip to Step 4 of the instructions.
- Step 1: International Student obtains position in department
The hiring department issues the student a formal job offer letter. The job offer letter should be on department letterhead and include:
- Student’s name
- Student ID#
- Immigration Status (F-1) or (J-1 student) VISA holder
- Identify department for which student will work
- Identify student’s supervisor
- Supervisor contact information
- Student’s job title
- Student’s estimated start date
Next, the hiring department should direct the student to email a request for a verification of status and enrollment to International Education & Global Engagement (IEGE) at cjmckay@csuchico.edu. The job offer letter should be attached to the email.
- Step 2: International Education & Global EngagementInternational Education & Global Engagement looks the student up and makes sure they have the proper VISA in order to work and prepares a verification of full-time enrollment letter for the student to take to the Social Security Administration Office.
- Step 3: Social Security Administration
- Student takes the following documents to the Social Security Administration to request a Social Security Card.
- Letter prepared from the Office of International Education
- Offer letter from their hiring department
- Passport
- VISA
- I-94
- I-20
- The Application for Social Security Card is available online at: Social Security Administration(opens in new window)(opens in new window)
1370 E. Lassen Ave STE 150(opens in new window)(opens in new window)
Chico, CA 95973
B-line bus #15N
Local phone number: 866-964-7585
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 9 AM – 3 PM
Wed: 9 AM – 12 PM (Excluding Federal Holidays) - The student will then have to wait 2-4 weeks to receive their Social Security Card in the mail in order to start working on campus. They cannot work until we have a social security number. Payroll is not able to enter them into the system to be paid until we have a number.
- Student takes the following documents to the Social Security Administration to request a Social Security Card.
- Step 4: Employment Paperwork
- After the student receives their Social Security Card in the mail they will submit their paperwork electronically and bring the following original documents to Kendall Hall room 211:
- Social Security Card
- Passport
- VISA
- I-20
- I-94 (If the student does not have their I-94, Employment Services can print it for them.)
- Employment Services will make copies of the original documents and finalize their new employee paperwork.
- Once the student has completed their paperwork, Employment Services will email the department authorizing the student to being working.
- After the student receives their Social Security Card in the mail they will submit their paperwork electronically and bring the following original documents to Kendall Hall room 211: