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As a F-1 visa holder, you are considered as "exempt" meaning not counting days for five years starting from the date of your first arrival in the United States. In your situation, you are a nonresident for the year 2016-2020.
As TurboTax does not support any of the nonresident tax forms, you are recommended to use our affiliated partner, Sprintax to fill out a Form 1040-NR. To amend from Form 1040 to 1040NR, here are the steps:
You would need to submit both the Form 1040-X and Form 1040NR together:
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040x.pdf
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040x.pdf, page 7 under Residents and Nonresidents
As a F-1 visa holder, you are considered as "exempt" meaning not counting days for five years starting from the date of your first arrival in the United States. In your situation, you are a nonresident for the year 2016-2020.
As TurboTax does not support any of the nonresident tax forms, you are recommended to use our affiliated partner, Sprintax to fill out a Form 1040-NR. To amend from Form 1040 to 1040NR, here are the steps:
You would need to submit both the Form 1040-X and Form 1040NR together:
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040x.pdf
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040x.pdf, page 7 under Residents and Nonresidents
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