Thank you for the help. Now I have one more question. As I was on OPT from 1st Jan 2019- 30th Sept 2019, my employer was not deducting FICA (Social+Medicare) taxes. It started getting deducted from 1st Oct 2019. For tax purpose, I will be going for the Resident Alien and as it states, Resident alien suppose to pay FICA tax for complete year. In that case, I will owe Social and Medicare for Jan to Sept 2019???
I have gone though IRS site and got below information
"Also, the Internal Revenue Code provides one exemption from social security/Medicare taxes for foreign students and another exemption from social security/Medicare taxes for all students, American and foreign. This is the so-called "student FICA exemption", and it may operate to exempt a foreign student from social security/Medicare taxes even though the foreign student has already become a RESIDENT ALIEN. For employment which occurs after April 1, 2005, Revenue Procedure 2005-11 provides instructions for determining who is eligible for the "student FICA exemption"."
From the above, does it mean I am still exempt for the JAN-SEPT(F1-OPT) period even though I will file as Resident Alien?
