Can F1 student Intern with MNC companies?

[DesiOPT-FaceBook-Admin]

As a international student with F1 visa .Am I eligible for Intern positions in MNC companies? If yes ,when can I join and how I can work ?


This was posted on https://www.facebook.com/desiopt1 on march 26th 2013

[DesiOPT-FaceBook-Fan]

yes
u can join after ur second semester nd you can work 20 hrs per week

[DesiOPT-FaceBook-Fan]

In order to wrk as an inter you need to apply for cpt and you can do it only after two academic semester and job should be directly related to your major

[DesiOPT-FaceBook-Fan]

guess you are eligible to intern for 40hrs/week during summer... This link might help

http://sait.usc.edu/ois/intl-students/f-1-employment/cpt.aspx

[DesiOPT-FaceBook-Fan]

You can definitely work for an MNC with an F1 Visa. You need to get the CPT from university with the immigration officers of the university.

[DesiOPT-FaceBook-Fan]

So is it like if we do a CPT/internship during second sem onwards, will those months get counted as we were working and get it cancelled out from the OPT period of 12 months which we were granted to do after graduation???