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Level 15
Level 15

After you file

@borislav12 , generally the five year exempt status  lasts for five calendar years from the  first entry with F-1 --once in a life time.  So if you came back with a new F-1, you may have exhausted your  exempt status.    Please provide  dates when you first entered with F-1 and your second entry / renewal of F-1 dates.

 

FICA  regs have nothing to do with the F-1 exempt status  and/or  whether you have passed the SPT.  It is based on whether you are a student/ trainee and are performing   education related  work with EAD as a trainee and not an employee.

 

Does that make sense ?   Is there more I can do for you ?