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Do F-1 students need to pay for Social Security and Medicare?

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The following classes of nonimmigrants and nonresident aliens are exempt from U.S. Social Security and Medicare taxes: A-visas. Employees of foreign governments are exempt on salaries paid to them in their official capacities as foreign government employees. read more

Short answer is for up to five years, F-1 visa students are exempt from FICA as long as they are a student employee, professor, teacher, researcher, au pair, or summer camp worker. The exemption does not apply to spouse or children. read more

As discussed above, this means that foreign students in F-1, J-1, M-1, Q-1 or Q-2 nonimmigrant status who have been in the United States less than 5 calendar years are still NONRESIDENT ALIENS and are still exempt from social security/Medicare taxes. read more

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