If you are on a F-1 visa and 2016 was the year within five years from the year you first entered US, you are considered as a nonresident and required to file a Form 1040-NR. As TurboTax does not support Form
1040NR, you are advised to use Sprintax to complete your filing. If you have already filed your taxes with TurboTax, you can simply amend your Form 1040 to Form 1040-NR by following these steps. No worry, you are not in trouble. Just need a little fix.
If your
original return generates a refund, you should wait until your original refund
arrives before you file your amendment. You can cash your check, but you still
should wait until your current tax return is resolved.
To amend from Form 1040 to 1040NR,
here are the steps:
-If you are considered as a nonresident, as TurboTax
does not support the NR form, you are recommended to use our affiliated
partner, Sprintax to complete your 1040-NR filing.
1. Download the Form 1040-X from IRS website ( see
below). On the front page of Form 1040-X, enter your name,
current address,
and social security number (SSN) or IRS individual taxpayer identification
number (ITIN)
2. Do not enter any other information on page 1.
3. Do not complete Parts I or II on page 2 of Form
1040X.
4. Enter in Part III the reason why you are
filing Form 1040X.
5. Complete a new or corrected form 1040-NR by using
Sprintax, see above.
6. Across the top of the 1040-NR, write “Amended”
7. Attach form 1040-X to the back of Form 1040X
For more information, see:
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040x.pdf - form
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040x.pdf - instructions
page 5 under Residents and Nonresidents
