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Career Advising Services

Internship/ Part-time Job

No Objection Letter (NOL)

Non-local students will receive a “No Objection Letter” (NOL)  from the Hong Kong Immigration Department along with their student visa.  This letter, granted by the Director of Immigration, allows non-local students to take up internships, part-time on-campus employment or summer jobs during their studies in Hong Kong.  Generally, non-local students with the NOL won’t need to submit separate applications when taking up part-time on-campus employment and summer jobs.  The NOL is an important document and should be kept safely for future reference.  

 

Employment Restriction for Non-local Students

Non-local full-time degree-seeking students whose study is not less than one academic year may take up internships, on-campus part-time jobs / summer jobs subject to the following conditions as set by the Immigration Department:

 

  • Internship (excluding summer internship / summer employment)

  1. The internships must be study / curriculum-related and be arranged or endorsed by the institutions they are studying in;

  2. The duration of the internship is up to one academic year, or one-third of the normal duration of the relevant full-time academic programme, whichever is the shorter; and

  3. There is no restriction on the nature of work, level of salary, location, number of working hours and employers for the internship arrangements.  

 

  • On-campus part-time job / summer internship / summer employment

  1. Part-time on-campus employment for not more than 20 hours per week throughout the year, unused hours are not allowed to roll over from one week to another; and

  2. Employment during summer months (between 1 June and 31 August, both dates inclusive) without limit to working hours and location.  

 

  • Full-time non-local postgraduate students taking up part-time jobs

  1. To enhance learning and enrichment opportunities for international students, the Government announced that, starting from 1 November 2023, full-time non-local postgraduate students would be temporarily exempted from the restrictions on taking up part-time jobs.  The arrangement will be implemented on a trial basis for two years.  The Hong Kong Immigration Department will issue to eligible students through the institutions new NOLs setting out the relaxation.  Current students should contact their Faculties/Schools to obtain the updated NOLs.  Students approved of visas/entry permits on or after 1 November 2023 shall be issued with the updated NOLs.  
     

    Source: https://www.  info.  gov.  hk/gia/general/202310/26/P2023102600304.  htm?fontSize=1

 

For more details, please refer to the website of the Immigration Department.  

 

Internship Opportunities provided by the Office of Student Affairs

The Office of Student Affairs offers local, mainland and overseas summer internship opportunities to students who are keen to gain work exposure.  For overseas internships, the application normally opens in the first term.  For Mainland and local internships, the application normally opens in the second term.  For more details, please click HERE.  

 

Subsidies for International students

International students of full-time undergraduate programmes are welcome to apply for internship programmes (except internships with specific study year/major requirements).  Eligible students, including those from low and lower-middle-income countries, will receive subsidies if they are selected for these programmes.  

 

Apart from the internship, the Career Advising Services team of the Office of Student Affairs also provides career mentorship, advising services and recruitment talks to help students plan and develop their future careers.