pgraponi
Feb 23, 2011, 04:25 AM
Hi, I'm italian and I've been in the US for 6 months in 2010 as a intern in a US company with a J1 visa (short term scholar).
I have a couple of questions that I hope you'll be able to answer.
Including a couple of days of vacation before and after the working period, I was in the US for exactly 184 days.
Am I a resident or a NR alien? I know that I pass the substantial presence test (183 days), but there are some exceptions that I don't really get if may be applicable in my case, i.e. the teacher/trainee under a J visa. Should a short-term research scholar be considered a trainee or not?
I've received the W2 form from my employee, I shoud use that form to fill the 1040NR-EZ or 1040-EZ according to my status and that's it?
Do I need to send hard copies or everything might be done electronically only?
Thank you for your help
I have a couple of questions that I hope you'll be able to answer.
Including a couple of days of vacation before and after the working period, I was in the US for exactly 184 days.
Am I a resident or a NR alien? I know that I pass the substantial presence test (183 days), but there are some exceptions that I don't really get if may be applicable in my case, i.e. the teacher/trainee under a J visa. Should a short-term research scholar be considered a trainee or not?
I've received the W2 form from my employee, I shoud use that form to fill the 1040NR-EZ or 1040-EZ according to my status and that's it?
Do I need to send hard copies or everything might be done electronically only?
Thank you for your help