VITA Foreign Student Certificate Exam 2024

VITA Foreign Student Certificate Exam 2024 .Ken entered the U.S. as a student on July 30, 2018 in F-1 immigration status. He hadnever been to the United States before and he did not change immigration statusduring 2021. For federal income tax purposes, Ken is a resident alien for 2021. -Answer-false Helen is a visiting professor at the local university. Helen was a graduate student fromJune 2017 to May 2019 in F-1 immigration status. She re-entered the United Statesas a teacher on December 20, 2020 in J-1 immigration status. For federal income taxpurposes, Helen is a nonresident alien for 2021. -Answer-false Yusuf served as a visiting scholar in F-1 immigration status from March 2017 throughJune 2020. In August of 2021, Yusuf returned to the United States as a professor. Forfederal income tax purposes, Yusuf is a resident alien for 2021. -Answer-true Juan came to the United States in F-2 immigration status with his wife on July 15,2017. He has not changed his immigration status. For federal income tax purposes,Juan is a resident alien for 2021. -Answer-false Emily lived with her parents in F-2 immigration status in the United States from August2010 to June 2012. She returned to the U.S. to attend college in F-1 immigrationstatus on December 5, 2019. Emily needs to file Form 8843 for 2021. -Answer-false Polina entered the United States on July 30, 2016 in J-1 student immigration status.On January 10, 2020, her husband Dmitry joined her in J-2 immigration status.Because Polina is a resident alien this year, Dmitry does not need to file Form 8843for 2021. He is electing to file married filing jointly with her. -Answer-true Polina and Dmitry from Question 6 had a son, Alexander, while here in the U.S. onDecember 5, 2020. A Form 8843 does not need to be filed for Alexander for 2021. -Answer-true Sophie and Yves have been in the U.S. as students in F-1 immigration status, sinceAugust 2018. Their 12-year-old son, Vincent, has been attending a boarding school inthe U.S. since June 2015 in F-1 immigration status. Sophie, Yves, and Vincent all needto file Form 8843 for 2021. - Answer-false Celeste is from Pakistan and is a Ph.D. student in communications engineering who isgoing to defend her dissertation in June. She arrived in the U.S. as a student on July20, 2018. Celeste is a resident alien for tax purposes in 2021. -Answer-false arcus is a junior majoring in biology. He is in the U.S. in F-1 immigration statusfrom Germany. He transferred from a German university and arrived in the U.S. onDecember 30, 2018. Marcus worked in a lab on campus in an approved summerinternship program for a company in New York. He will graduate in May, 2022. Thecompany issued him a Form 1099-NEC.Marcus is considered a resident alien for tax purposes since the company issued hima Form 1099-NEC. - Answer-false Nico is a nursing student from Greece who first arrived in F-1 immigration status onAugust 15, 2021. He does not have a tax identification number and he did not workor receive a scholarship in 2021, but had $75 interest income from his U.S. savingsaccount his parents set up for him to pay for school and his living expenses.Nico must file Form 8843, and also Form 1040-NR to report his interest income for2021. -Answer-false Bo entered the U.S. in J-1 immigration status as a trainee in January 2019, and livesalone. His wife, Mei, could not accompany him because she had to care for her ailingparents. Bo can file as Single because he did not live with his spouse at all during2021. -Answer-false Alex and Kim were married in March 2016, and the next year they both enteredthe U.S. in F-1 immigration status to complete their studies as Fulbright scholars.Currently, Alex lives in San Diego, where he is completing his graduate work.However, Kim left him in March 2020 and has not been heard from since. Her parentswill not tell him where she lives and he has not heard from her since. Since Alex doesnot know Kim's whereabouts, he can file using the Single filing status. -Answer-fal