Vanessa A
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You can't.  If you are treating her as a resident alien, then she is subject to FICA taxes just as if she was a US Citizen.

 

The exemption from FICA on the F1 student visa is for non residents.  When she chooses to be treated as a resident alien, she loses that exemption. 

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