You can take it as long as they are ready to hire you. Jobs that arent for you will say that in bold (only for GC's and Citizens)

MN Nepali, thank you for the info..

Actually,they have given me the time frame for the interview. I did not mention my status, but I had written authorized to work for any employer in the US.so,it means they hire OPT student too. I didn't see any restrictions(for US citizens,GC..) on the ad though.

Just wanted to share my experience- as we all think feds are only for citizens, I hesitated to apply many of them. However, at one point I thought why not and thus applied. Scored the job- now I am in J1 which is valid for 2 years and there is chance of extending it for next 3-years.

So the main point is- until they frankly say no, it does not hurt to apply. There are several industry where feds can not fill all job without international pool and they know it more than us.

Dharan

epid08@gmail.com

Hello Mr. Dharan,

Well, interview is just not the last process for getting a federal job. Federal job requires background check and some job might need different level of security clearences. They will do your back ground check in detail and will find out about your status in USA. Although I was a Federal employee, I could not do many things inside my job because I was waiting for my security clearence. GC can give you military job and USPS jobs, but you still can't do so many things in your department.