I am from India. I entered the US in July 2014 on J-1 Visa as a Visiting Scholar. I left the US in May 2015. I entered again in US in Aug 2015 on F-1 Visa for my PhD. The IRS website says: "Foreign students in F-1, J-1, M-1, Q-1 or Q-2 nonimmigrant status who have been in the United States more than 5 calendar years are RESIDENT ALIENS and are liable for social security/Medicare taxes". Now, I am not sure if my 5 years block counted from my entry date of F-1 or entry date of J-1.
My school counted my 5 calendar years from the date of entry on J-1 (2014), and it says I was RESIDENT ALIEN in 2019. Therefore, they withheld Social Security and Medicare Taxes (I was on wage position for some time of 2019 in my school). But, I also did two internships in 2019 in US and those employers used my date of entry of F-1 (2015) and called me NON-RESIDENT ALIEN, thus, didn't withheld Social Security and Medicare Taxes. Now, I would have 3 W-2s where one has FICA taxes and others don't.
Am I Resident alien in 2019 tax year?
Do my internships employers need to pay FICA now for 2019?
Do I need to pay FICA taxes for what I earned in 2019 from these internships?
