Rob

Hello,

I'm in the process of changing my status from a J1 (student visa) to a
permanent resident alien status (married to US citizen) while residing
here in the US.

Since I was working under a J1 visa, I did not pay FICA. I only paid
Federal Income Tax (we have no state tax). My questions:

1. Do I need to inform my employer to start taking out FICA now that
I'm changing my status?
2. What's the penalty for not paying FICA?

All your help is appreciated.

Thank you,
Rob

Mrtravelkay

Rob wrote:

    > Hello,
    >
    > I'm in the process of changing my status from a J1 (student visa) to a
    > permanent resident alien status (married to US citizen) while residing
    > here in the US.
    >
    > Since I was working under a J1 visa, I did not pay FICA. I only paid
    > Federal Income Tax (we have no state tax). My questions:
    >
    > 1. Do I need to inform my employer to start taking out FICA now that
    > I'm changing my status?

It still might not be an issue. My wife worked as a tutor, while working
on her degree, at the Univerisity and didn't pay FICA.

Rob

Thanks for your reply. Yes, it's a very unclear to me right now if I
need to start paying FICA or not. I'm done with my study and have a
regular job now.