has anybody out there worked more than 20 hours during the school years? Did you get trouble with the government or school?
just curious

U mean 20 hours in 1 day or 1 week ? lol coz out here some work more than 20 in 1 day. I am talking about summer vacation.

i meant 20 hrs a week during school semester(fall/spring) while in a F1 visa in the united states

As of my knowledge, among all the people that I know here in the U.S. who're on F1 visa have never been in trouble for working over 20 hrs. Some are even working over 40 hrs. The main reason why the U.S. govt doesn't want to allow us to work over 20 hrs is to prevent us from lowering our G.P.A.'s ( unintentionall that is ) so that education ( for which we're granted the Visa ) remains our primary goal. I've heard that there are tons of people who're working without a legal working permits too. Like in Minnesota where I have some friends who've told me that most of the Nepalese don't even know about Work Authorization Cards as they're hired just by giving their SSN. I did the same thing for a year. ( worked off campus starting with the summer ) then applied for an employment authorization card. It can be renewed every year but I came across a couple of other Nepalese ( in my college ) who got rejected... ( the renewal that is ) for some silly reasons. Maoist problem isn't a suitable reason anymore....but you can always use dirty tricks such as resurrecting your dead relatives and writing a script about their serious illnesses and so on.... ( some've been asked to provide proofs such as hospital bills and so on ) which they've successfully provided thanks to (50 nrs. wala nakkali hospital's stamp ) .

As of my knowledge, among...............nobody has .... *****

Gyani Keta, Most Nepalese students work 20 hours a day not a week ...So far i've Never seen anybody got in problem...A friend of mine was caught by INS in Houston and he was charged $500 for working off-campus and that's about it...or sometimes they will warn you.

thanks guys!!

sakuni r u frm moorhead

Anugaman, No i m in Denver, Colorado...where is Moorhead ?

western minnesota

Balbhadra is correct...My thinking perfectly match with him....What he said is really true...Maintain your GPA and work any hours yu can...