International Graduate Assistants
There are a few special parameters for graduate assistants who are also international graduate students.
- I-9's: You will be required to show your hiring unit your foreign passport or Visa, I-94 and I-20 when completing your I-9 in person with the hiring unit. Please have these documents ready before meeting with your hiring unit.
- Enrollment: All graduate assistants enrolled in less than 6 graduate credit hours in the fall/spring and less than 3 graduate credit hours in the summer should submit the Graduate Assistant Underload/Overload Approval form. This is not the same as the Reduced Course Load form available through International Student and Scholar Services. If you are required to complete the Reduced Course Load form and you are enrolled in the minimum hours required for your GA position, you do not need to submit the Underload/Overload Approval form.
- GA Position End Date: International graduate assistants are not permitted to work on campus after the program end date on their I-20. It is the student's responsibility to inform their supervisor that they can no longer work on campus from this date.
- Oral English Proficiency: Graduate Assistants that are hired as a Teaching Assistant must demonstrate English fluency adequate for instruction to their department.
