"Employment
F-1 students may not work off-campus during the first academic year, but may accept on-campus employment subject to certain conditions and restrictions. There are various programs available for F-1 students to seek off-campus employment, after the first academic year. F-1 students may engage in three types of off-campus employment, after they have been studying for one academic year. These three types of employment are:
Curricular Practical Training (CPT)
Optional Practical Training (OPT) (pre-completion or post-completion)
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Optional Practical Training Extension (OPT)"
Edited to add:
"For both F-1 and M-1 students any off-campus employment must be related to their area of study and must be authorized prior to starting any work by the Designated School Official (the person authorized to maintain the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)) and USCIS."
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www.uscis.gov]
The bottom line is that if you want to induce an MSC to pay you to mystery shop, you first have to get your Designated School Official and USCIS to approve it based upon it being related to your area of study and whatever other requirements there might be. IMHO, an MSC is not going to want to get involved in getting you approved when they can hire someone with a SSN.
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/2016 06:06AM by myst4au.