Polarpeak

Wow, that $10,000 tax treaty hard boundary sucks. I made $11,500 on a W2 and my spouse made $12,000 on a W2 and $3000 of the 3500 over the limit went to taxes. Guess I worked for free for a month yay!

This is a helpful thread. The TL11a form is pretty critical. I didn't know we needed that until today. On the TL11a form does it show tuition paid, even if the tuition was covered by the University? For example I got these forms for my stipend/teaching assistantships: $15,000 on 1042-S $10,000 on W2 My tuition would be $50,000 but the University pays for that. What amount would be on the TL11a? I am claiming the $10,000 as income and the $15,000 as scholarship, does this seem correct?

I'd just go... not like he can see where your working from. If he catches wind "family emergency".

And to think I almost bought a house in a country that won't let me back in!

I'm in the US on a J / F visa. I was/an in Europe when the US closed its borders to non residents / non citizens. As far as I can tell I am not allowed to return, is anyone else in this situation and is this correct? I'm still a non resident alien technically. I don't think my employer is going to be very happy about this. Weird paying $1200 a month for an apartment I can't return too that has all my belongings in it.