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f1 student resident alien

qlab19911992 — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 18:14:25 GMT

Hi,

I am an exchange student with f1 visa in 2013. The visa was for both 2013 and 2014, but I stayed only in 2013 as a student. In later 2014, I came back for vacation on a B1/2 visa and stayed till early 2015.

In 2016, I stayed in the U.S. on a B1/2 visa as an internship for about 190 days.

Then I was again a student on f1 visa from mid-2017 to now (2021).

Should I use turbo tax return for 2020？

Thanks!

Re: f1 student resident alien

pk — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 02:26:29 GMT

@qlab19911992 counting all the days present in 2020 + 1/3 of the days present in 2019 and 1/6 of the days present in 2018 you would be resident for tax purposes for 2020. Thus you should file a form 1040 showing your world income ( TurboTax supports form 1040 ). As a student did you have income that requires filing ?

Re: f1 student resident alien

qlab19911992 — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 02:31:32 GMT

Thank you for your reply! Yes, I do have W2 and salaries from the u.s. since 2017.

I also realized that I earned a couple of academic credits as a student in 2016 from a 7-week long summer program, so I think I will be fine filing as a resident alien starting from 2020.