回复：AGAIN AND FINAL, the substantial presence only applys to

Whether people can claim their visiting parents as dependents has been debated for tooooo many years. For those of you don't want to read PUB519, just listen to Sadcity because she is right.

There are five tests that IRS uses to determine dependency status and all five tests have to be met.

1. Relationship/household member test.
2. Joint return test.
3.Citizenship test
4. Gross income test
5. Support test.

For all the F-1's that are not allowed to file joint return, test 2 will fail. The most debatable test is 3, citizenship test. According to Pub501, only US citizen, residence, and citizen from mexico and canada can be claimed as dependent. For the definition of residence, if you read carefully of Pub519, it must be permanent residence, not B visa, which means you can only claim a parent with GC status as dependent, then the rest of tests all have to be met first.

Remember, cheating in tax is a federal felony.

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• 多谢楼上的二位。还有一个问题： -知名度比较高- ♀ (358 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 08:55:54

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• RA. 不需要3年. -stp- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 11:09:08

• 不需要3年都在美国, 05年一年呆够183天就算RA. -stp- ♂ (137 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 11:08:27

• 父母在墨西歌住183天，你在美国是不是就把他们作DEPENDENT？ -SadCity- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 11:38:36

• 说的是在美国的PRESENT TEST, 你提 -stp- ♂ (217 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 15:48:47