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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES

DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY

1200 North Dupont Highway, Dover, DE 19901

Phone: 302-857-6474/Fax: 302-857-6567

SEVERE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP FAQs

WHAT IS SEVERE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP?

Severe Economic Hardship Employment is off-campus employment authorization for students

who are experiencing serious financial difficulties caused by unforeseen circumstances beyond

their control. If authorized, you may be employed off-campus anywhere and work a maximum

of 20 hours per week while school is in session and full-time during vacation periods.

HOW CAN YOU QUALIFY?

You must have been in F-1 status for one academic year.

You must have a grade point average of 2.0 or higher.

You must explain how on-campus employment has been either unavailable or

insufficient to meet your needs.

You must convince us that working will not interfere with your full-time studies.

You must be able to provide EVIDENCE which proves that you have financial

problems that are caused by unforeseen circumstances beyond your control. Any

reasons are acceptable as long as you can convince us that they could not have been

avoided and are beyond your control.

Examples of unexpected expenses may be medical or dental bills, illness, death or business

problems of your sponsor, natural disasters or other problems were your sponsor lives, currency

devaluations, or large tuition increases.

If your financial difficulties are caused by problems your sponsor is having (the person whose

name appears on your Form I-20), that person will have to complete a Sponsor’s Affidavit of

Severe Economic Hardship and provide evidence of the unexpected circumstances that are now

affecting our support. He/she will also have to complete a Revised Affidavit of Financial Support

indicating the new amount that will be provided (if any) and evidence of continued financial

capability to provide it. Evidence may include newspaper articles, back issues of the New York

Times or Wall Street Journal showing currency devaluations, official school notices, or medical

or dental bills.

HOW DO YOU APPLY?

If you think that you qualify for severe economic hardship employment authorization, read this

entire package thoroughly, complete the application and required documents, and make an

appointment with the International Student Advisor to your complete package. Upon receipt of

the application, we will review your package to ensure that you quality. If we agree that you do,

we will recommend that USCIS authorize your employment due to severe economic hardship

and send your application for processing of your work authorization.

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