F-1 visa holders can apply for an off-campus work permit, if a job offer has been received from one of the International Organizations listed below.  For additional details about qualifications, limitations, effect on OPT and the application process, please contact the ISSS office.   

  • African Development Bank. Executive Order 12403 of February 8, 1983.
  • African Development Fund. Executive Order 11977 of March 14, 1977.
  • Asian Development Bank. Executive Order No. 11334 of March 7, 1967.
  • African Union. Executive Order No. 13377 of April 13, 2005.
  • Border Environmental Cooperation Commission. Executive Order No. 12904 of March 16, 1994.
  • Caribbean Organization. Executive Order No. 10983 of December 30, 1961.
  • Commission for Environmental Cooperation. Executive Order No. 12904 of March 16, 1994.
  • Commission for Labor Cooperation. Executive Order No. 12904 of March 16, 1994.
  • Commission for the Study of Alternatives to the Panama Canal. Executive Order No. 12567 of October 2, 1986.
  • Customs Cooperation Council. Executive Order No. 11596 of June 5, 1971.
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Executive Order No. 12766 of June 18, 1991.
  • European Space Agency (formerly the European Space Research Organization). Executive Order No. 11318 of Dec. 5, 1966 and. Executive Order No. 12766 of June 18, 1991.
  • Food and Agriculture Organization. Executive Order No. 9698 of February 19, 1946.
  • Global Fund. Executive Order No. 13395 of January 13, 2006.
  • Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Executive Order No. 11059 of October 23, 1962.
  • GRECO (Council of Europe in Respect of the Group of States Against Corruption). Executive Order No. 13240 of December 18, 2001.
  • Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices. Executive Order No. 13052 of June 30, 1997.
  • Inter-American Defense Board. Executive Order No. 10228 of March 26, 1951.
  • Inter-American Development Bank. Executive Order No. 10873 of April 8, 1960 and. Executive Order No. 11019 of April 27, 1962.
  • Inter-American Institute for Cooperation for Agriculture. Executive Order No. 9751 of July 11, 1946.
  • Inter-American Investment Corporation. Executive Order No. 12567 of October 2, 1986.
  • Inter-American Statistical Institute. Executive Order No. 9751 of July 11, 1946.
  • Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Executive Order No. 11059 of October 23, 1962.
  • International Atomic Energy Agency. Executive Order No. 10727 of August 31, 1957.
  • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank). Executive Order No. 9751 of July 11, 1946.
  • International Boundary and Water Commission - the United States and Mexico. Executive Order No. 12467 of March 2, 1984.
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. Executive Order No. 11966 of January 19, 1977.
  • International Civil Aviation Organization. Executive Order No. 9863 of May 31, 1947.
  • International Coffee Organization. Executive Order No. 11225 of May 22, 1965.
  • International Committee of the Red Cross. Executive Order No. 12643 of June 23, 1988.
  • International Cotton Advisory Committee. Executive Order No. 9911 of December 19, 1947.
  • International Cotton Institute. Executive Order No. 11283 of May 27, 1966.
  • International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) (Limited Privileges). Executive Order No. 12425 of June 16, 1983.
  • International Development Association. Executive Order No. 11966 of January 19, 1977.
  • International Development Law Institute. Executive Order No. 12842 of March 29, 1993.
  • International Fertilizer Development Center. Executive Order No. 11977 of March 14, 1977.
  • International Finance Corporation. Executive Order No. 10680 of October 2, 1956.
  • International Food Policy Research Institute (Limited Privileges). Executive Order No. 12359 of April 22, 1982.
  • International Fund for Agricultural Development. Executive Order No. 12732 of October 31, 1990.
  • International Hydrographic Bureau. Executive Order No. 10769 of May 29, 1958.
  • International Joint Commission - the United States and Canada. Executive Order No. 9972 of June 25, 1948.
  • International Labor Organization. Executive Order No. 9698 of February 19, 1946.
  • International Maritime Organization (formerly the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization). Executive Order No. 10795 of December 13, 1958.
  • International Maritime Satellite Organization. Executive Order No. 12238 of September 12, 1980.
  • International Monetary Fund. Executive Order No. 9751 of July 11, 1946.
  • International Organization for Migration (Formerly Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants for Europe and Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration.). Executive Order No. 10335 of March 28, 1952.
  • International Pacific Halibut Commission. Executive Order No. 11059 of October 23, 1962.
  • International Secretariat for Volunteer Service. Executive Order No. 11363 of July 20, 1967.
  • International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT). Executive Order No. 11718 of May 14, 1973 and. Executive Order No. 11966 of January 19, 1977.
  • International Telecommunication Union. Executive Order No. 9863 of May 31, 1947.
  • International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Limited Privileges). Executive Order No. 12986, January 18, 1966.
  • International Wheat Advisory Committee (International Wheat Council). Executive Order No. 9823 of January 24, 1947.
  • Interparliamentary Union. Executive Order 13097 of August 7, 1998.
  • Israel-United States Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation. Executive Order No. 12956 of March 13, 1995.
  • ITER International Fusion Energy Organization. Executive Order No. 13451 of November 19, 2007.
  • Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization. Executive Order No. 12997 of April 1, 1996.
  • Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. Executive Order No. 12467 of August 22, 1988.
  • Multinational Force and Observers. Executive Order No. 12359 of April 22, 1982.
  • North American Development Bank. Executive Order No. 12904 of March 16, 1994.
  • North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission. Executive Order No. 12895 of January 26, 1994.
  • North Pacific Marine Science Organization. Executive Order No. 12894 of January 26, 1994.
  • Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the International Civilian Office in Kosovo. Executive Order No. 13568 of March 8, 2011.
  • Organization for American States (including Pan American Union). Executive Order No. 10533 of June 3, 1954.
  • Organization for Eastern Caribbean States. Executive Order No. 12669 of February 20, 1989.
  • Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (formerly the Organization for European Economic Cooperation). Executive Order No. 10133 of June 27, 1950.
  • Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Executive Order No. 13049 of June 11, 1997
  • Pacific Salmon Commission. Executive Order No. 12567 of October 2, 1986.
  • Pan American Health Organization (including Pan American Sanitary Bureau). Executive Order No. 10864 of February 18, 1960.
  • South Pacific Commission. Executive Order No. 10086 of November 25, 1949.
  • United International Bureau for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIPRI). Executive Order No. 11484 of September 29, 1969.
  • United Nations. Executive Order No. 9698 of February 19, 1946.
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Executive Order No. 9863 of May 31, 1947.
  • United Nations Industrial Development Organization. Executive Order No. 12628 of March 8, 1988.
  • Universal Postal Union. Executive Order No. 10727 of August 31, 1957.
  • World Health Organization. Executive Order No. 10025 of December 30, 1948.
  • World Intellectual Property Organization. Executive Order No. 11866 of June 18, 1975.
  • World Meteorological Organization. Executive Order No. 10676 of September 1, 1959.
  • World Tourism Organization. Executive Order No. 125087 of March 22, 1985.
  • World Trade Organization. Executive Order No. 13042 of April 9, 1997.

Note: The " World Bank" is formally known as the "World Bank Group," which consists of five associated institutions:

  1. IBRD. The International Bank for Reconstruction & Development
  2. IDA. The International Development Association
  3. IFC. The International Finance Corporation
  4. MIGA. The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  5. ICSID. The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
updated as of Febuary, 2014

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