<p>I couldn’t figure this out in which category to post, so I am posting here.</p>
<p>As I received the information from United States Education Foundation, international students are allowed to work only on-campus with maximum of 20 hours per week. and off-campus work is illegal.
This means can’t i work and earn online from campus with online jobs like Elance.com and others…is working online illegal…i am just confused…</p>
<p>On campus means school-related, and generally I think requires the school (or some supporting service) to be the employer. Online work from campus doesn’t qualify.</p>
<p>I presume you are getting a Student Visa. The following describes what you have said:</p>
<p>[F-1</a> Student Visa Information - usavisanow.com](<a href=“http://usavisanow.com/usimmigrationf-1visainfo.htm]F-1”>http://usavisanow.com/usimmigrationf-1visainfo.htm)</p>
<p>For online jobs, I would consider where the employer is, not where you are. If the employer is outside the USA, then I don’t think you would be violating your Visa to work with them. You could have done it from your home country.</p>
<p>Schools usually have lots of food service jobs, and some food service jobs gives you a meal for the shift. You are not likely to work more than 20 hours and go to school full time.</p>