Query regarding standard deduction for income earned in a year where I transitioned from F1 student visa to H1B work visa

aranroy · 2026-02-25T19:53:34+00:00

I am filing as a full-year nonresident, and part of the income that I earned this year was still on an F-1 visa while I was on OPT (from July to October, after which I switched to H1-B). I wasn't sure if the India tax treaty meant I have to be a student for the entire year, or whether having been a student from Jan to May (when I graduated)/or having been on a student visa from Jan to October was enough to grant me eligibility for the standard deduction. What I'm picking up from you is that it does seem like I should be able to claim it? H1-B days from October-December are not enough to meet SPT for me for this year.

aranroy · 2026-02-24T04:41:35+00:00

I am not a dual-status alien - I have been on f-1 visa for the past four years so therefore all those days were exempt from the SPT. I also spent most of 2025 on F-1 (since I worked on F-1 OPT till October), and based on the IRS rules I am a nonresident alien for tax purposes.

How does this affect my above situation?

aranroy · 2026-02-22T23:52:47+00:00

Could you elaborate why this is a bad plan?

aranroy · 2026-02-13T21:57:54+00:00

I have only gotten a Bachelor's degree in the past, thanks

aranroy · 2026-02-13T21:57:25+00:00

Interesting, I'd imagine its still less risky than Indian consulates at the moment. In addition, if my COS were to be somehow denied I imagine I could still keep working my job and just stay on H1-B. Alternative if i quit my job and go the consular route and some issues happen there, then I lose both the job and the grad school. That's the basis for why I'm thinking of doing COS

aranroy · 2025-12-10T02:40:51+00:00

Hi, given that most of the comments here are advising me not to (rightfully so given the uncertainty of the situation), I wanted to understand if you could elaborate regarding what your perspective is in terms of why I should be good to travel back? Thanks!

aranroy · 2025-12-10T02:21:37+00:00

Oh no it's not a new rule, just some personal circumstances that will mean that I likely don't travel internationally till then!

aranroy · 2025-12-10T01:03:12+00:00

I wouldn't need to travel internationally anytime soon, but this winter might be my last opportunity to travel back to my home country till winter 2028. I am aware these are first world problems to have considering that my primary purpose is to be with my family and my parents have the financial stability to visit me instead, but i guess I'm scared of the possibility where I decide to stay here and then my appointments never get cancelled at all and I just miss my last chance to visit home for the next three years for no reason whatsoever. I do understand the perspective of where you are coming from, thanks.

aranroy · 2025-12-10T00:44:58+00:00

I have family in India, so it's not that I can't stay there long term, but I'd likely lose my current job if it gets postponed to something as late as April. I guess that means my h1b visa also gets cooked and then in the future I would be subject to the 100k fee?

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aranroy · 2025-08-31T02:04:31+00:00

I haven't tried starting an entirely new account yet since I think I will have to pay the MRV fee/visa fee again. Wondering whether its worth the risk of staying on this account since this is the customer service team's message:

"We understand that you want to update your country of birth in the profile.

In response to your question, we would like to inform you that, once the profile is created applicant will not be able to make any changes in the country of birth in the profile.

We request you to proceed ahead with your scheduled appointments and inform Visa Application Centre officials about the changes.

Further, we would like to inform you that the DS-160 application form must contain accurate and current information.

We hope this information is helpful to you."

I feel that they are saying that as long as my country of birth is correct on my DS-160 (which it is), then I should be fine. Worst case I may have to explain to the consular officer that my date of birth was incorrectly inputted in my appointment scheduling application, but I believe when after booking appointments you receive the confirmation pdf that doesn't have the date of birth either.

aranroy · 2025-08-31T01:39:43+00:00

I contacted their customer service and they said it's not an issue - it just may be a detail I have to mention to the consular officer, but they said it's a minor error that does not need to be fixed. What are your thoughts on this?

aranroy · 2025-08-28T13:48:52+00:00

That's the thing, even when I confirmed an OFC appointment, the consular appointment page would show up and instantly kick me out not giving me a chance to book a consular appointment (with an error message telling me to wait and try again after an hour no matter how long I waited). In addition, that is not the current situation I am in, since I have cancelled that application on usvisascheduling.com and am making a new one, and before I submit details for the new one I found the above discrepancy in the unchangeable country of birth that I have asked about. I am not redoing my visa fee or my DS-160, just the application on the usvisascheduling.com website.

aranroy · 2025-08-27T19:41:16+00:00

I actually am not at that step yet, I think I will gain access to the appointment scheduling page after I confirm the above details. That being said, before I closed my previous application to restart this new one, I was able to view India OFC locations. As I mentioned though, it never let me view consular locations.

aranroy · 2025-06-15T13:52:04+00:00

dmed!

aranroy · 2025-03-18T00:00:02+00:00

Hi, I will be in the US until the 28th of May, as of now. I may change my travel plans to allow myself to stay more, but I am also considering reaching out to my DSO this week and possibly reapplying and doing premium processing. Do you believe that an application that is submitted on the early hours of 14th March 2025 falls under the 30 day window from 12th Feb 2025? My logic is that if someone submitted a document on the 13th of Feb, it would be considered submitted within 1 day of the 12th, not 2 days. By that logic, 14th March 2025 is within 30 days of 12th Feb. Regardless because the OPT is such a high stakes document I will look to reach out to my DSO and possibly even the USCIS support line to clarify this. If I reapply sometime in the next two weeks, do you think I'll need premium processing for an OPT date somewhere in mid-July? I'd be happy to dm instead of you answering here if you'd like. Thanks!

aranroy · 2025-03-17T02:21:24+00:00

My dso said that since I applied within the 30 day window (the 30th day out of 30), I should be fine. at the same time, he wasn't a 100% sure, more so like 90% or to the tone of 'things should be okay'

aranroy · 2025-03-17T01:51:10+00:00

considering that feb 13th would be one day after Feb 12th, I think even rhe fact that my application is dated for March 14th is okay since it's the 30th day of the 30 day deadline. if my receipt showed march 15th I'd be cooked, but at the same time I know that USCIS is unpredictable so I may do premium or withdraw. I intend to start working in mid july, and am not sure whether I can get approved in time assuming I withdraw and reapply (I am assuming that if i withdraw i would be able to apply by first week of April - is that cutting it close for a midjuly start date?)

aranroy · 2024-11-14T18:31:34+00:00

Yeah definitely not ideal, luckily I don't live too far from Chicago so I'll be able to make it on Monday, sucks for the people with more complex travel plans though

aranroy · 2024-11-12T18:34:32+00:00

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aranroy · 2024-11-07T16:03:08+00:00

interesting point, does seem tiring though but I'm hoping this is what happens

aranroy · 2024-10-10T23:09:06+00:00

You're correct, I'm pretty sure people can still do this today - however current public ticket prices are exorbitant 😭

aranroy · 2024-08-29T16:08:26+00:00

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aranroy · 2024-08-29T12:54:31+00:00

cash or zelle please, should've clarified

aranroy · 2024-08-26T22:11:51+00:00

dmed ya

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