https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/can-i-include-my-student-visa-costs-in-my-education-expenses-i-m-an-american-citizen-i-go-to-school/01/816383#M21615 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 16:25:15 GMT kaelisutton 2019-06-18T16:25:15Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/can-i-include-my-student-visa-costs-in-my-education-expenses-i-m-an-american-citizen-i-go-to-school/01/816383#M21615 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 16:25:15 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/can-i-include-my-student-visa-costs-in-my-education-expenses-i-m-an-american-citizen-i-go-to-school/01/816383#M21615 kaelisutton 2019-06-18T16:25:15Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/re-can-i-include-my-student-visa-costs-in-my-education-expenses-i-m-an-american-citizen-i-go-to/01/816387#M21616 <P>The purchase of a VISA is not a qualified education expense so cannot be reported on your federal tax return as an education expense.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>IRS website for qualified education expenses -&nbsp;<A href="https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/individuals/qualified-ed-expenses" target="_blank">https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/individuals/qualified-ed-expenses</A></P> Tue, 18 Jun 2019 16:30:33 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/re-can-i-include-my-student-visa-costs-in-my-education-expenses-i-m-an-american-citizen-i-go-to/01/816387#M21616 DoninGA 2019-06-18T16:30:33Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/re-can-i-include-my-student-visa-costs-in-my-education-expenses-i-m-an-american-citizen-i-go-to/01/816389#M21617 <P>It seems like any required payment in order to attend school counts as deductible. If I cannot attend school in England without a student visa, why wouldn't that be deductible?</P> Tue, 18 Jun 2019 16:33:01 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/re-can-i-include-my-student-visa-costs-in-my-education-expenses-i-m-an-american-citizen-i-go-to/01/816389#M21617 kaelisutton 2019-06-18T16:33:01Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/re-can-i-include-my-student-visa-costs-in-my-education-expenses-i-m-an-american-citizen-i-go-to/01/816417#M21618 <P>That is a personal expense that you incurred for selecting the foreign institution.&nbsp; Personal expenses are not a qualified education expense.</P> Tue, 18 Jun 2019 17:38:36 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/re-can-i-include-my-student-visa-costs-in-my-education-expenses-i-m-an-american-citizen-i-go-to/01/816417#M21618 DoninGA 2019-06-18T17:38:36Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/re-can-i-include-my-student-visa-costs-in-my-education-expenses-i-m-an-american-citizen-i-go-to/01/816792#M21619 <P>The only qualified education expenses are tuition, books, and lab fees. There are no exceptions. Passport/VISA costs are not an education expense, any way you look at it. Nobody forced you to attend school abroad. It was your choice, which makes all the transportation, passport and Visa costs a personal expense.</P> Wed, 19 Jun 2019 05:51:23 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/re-can-i-include-my-student-visa-costs-in-my-education-expenses-i-m-an-american-citizen-i-go-to/01/816792#M21619 Carl 2019-06-19T05:51:23Z