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Center for International Faculty and Student ServicesRecent Regulatory UpdatesThe Center is closed on Wednesdays to process document requests in a timely manner; in a true emergency, email ru_cifss@email.rutgers.edu and write "Emergency!" in the subject line or come to the Center and knock very loudly on the front door. Thank you. |
TAX SCAMS VIA
EMAIL: DO NOT RESPOND IF YOU RECEIVE AN EMAIL "FROM THE
IRS." The IRS
has reported that there are a series
of FRADULENT emails circulating to foreign nationals asking for personal
information to prepare a
refund. PLEASE be aware that IRS
NEVER sends an email
– N E V E R! Do not respond
to any emails that say they are from the
IRS. If the IRS has a question, they have the
taxpayer’s ID number and will NOT ask for
it – instead a letter
will be sent to the person that contains the number. IF the person did not include an SSN or ITIN on
the tax return, the tax return
may be rejected and the
IRS will ask the person to file a new return using the
correct number. In no case will
an email ever be sent.
Please also note
that the people who run
the nonresident software program "CINTAX"
will NEVER send an email to any foreign national,
any client, or ANYONE asking for an SSN or ITIN. NEVER
send your SSN or ITIN in an
email – doing so is a very big security risk. There is NEVER a reason to put a full SSN or ITIN into an email. IF YOU USED "CINTAX" AND GET A
REJECTED 1040NR-EZ IN THE MAIL If you used the CINTAX program on our website to file
your nonresident tax return and recieve in the mail a "rejected Form 1040NR-EZ,"
DO NOT WORRY!!!! If this has happened
to you please read the attached email we received from CINTAX and
follow instructions. CINTAX will take care of the problem--it is nothing
to worry about. 3. ***** F-1
STUDENTS: NEW OPT REGULATIONS--UPDATES A reminder to all
F-1 students that the most recently-updated information on the new OPT
regulations, including guidance from SEVIS on how schools are supposed to
implement the rule, is available for you to read and
visit on a regular basis at http://www.nafsa.org/regulatory_information.sec/29_month_opt_rule_updates (scroll
down to see updates; for related information, check the resources listed on the
top right section of the page). ALSO
PLEASE NOTE: The Center will also be holding ONE MORE SPECIAL
WORKSHOP ON THE NEW OPT REGULATIONS this semester. It will be
held on FRIDAY, MAY 16 FROM 10 A.M -12 NOON IN THE COOK STUDENT
CENTER, ROOM 202 B&C. This special
workshop is NOT for students who are graduating and actually applying for OPT
(for that situation, please attend one of our "Post Graduate Employment"
workshops). The special workshop on May 16 is ONLY for students interested
in learning more about the new OPT rules for reasons other than
applying for post-completion OPT within the next 2
months. 4. ***** CENTER AND ALL UNIVERSITY
OFFICES CLOSED ON MONDAY, MAY 26 (MEMORIAL
DAY) Our Center and all other university offices will be
closed on Monday, May 26, for a national holiday (Memorial Day). Banks and
many other businesses will be closed that day as well. We will reopen on a
regular schedule at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May
27. 5. ***** ONCE
AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO GRADUATING
STUDENTS We said it before, but
we can never say it TOO much!! To all of our students who are graduating
next week, we wish you much success in your personal and professional lives, and
we hope you will remember your time at Rutgers with fondness and good
memories. Let us know how you're doing--email us and tell us how you are
using your Rutgers education as you advance in your careers! And if you
ever come back this way in the future, stop in and say
hello!
Below are
today's important reminder notices from the Center for International Services.
Because some of our messages apply to ALL nonimmigrants, these notices are
automatically sent to all nonimmigrant students enrolled at Rutgers-New
Brunswick. Most messages, however, apply only to F-1 and/or J-1 students. We
label most messages to facilitate your identification of which messages may
apply to you personally.
All F-1 and
J-1 students on Rutgers' visa sponsorship are
required to know information that is provided in these "Notices" and to follow
reminders and instructions that apply to their own situations.
This is NOT
a subscription email list. These notices are sent periodically to an
automatically-generated list based upon two data elements from the University's
main Student Records Data Base: (1) your coding as a nonimmigrant in the
U.S.; and (2) your **official
University email address**. If either of these data elements is
inaccurately coded in the University's main Student Records Data Base, it will
affect whether or not you are included on this notice list. If you know of any
Rutgers-New Brunswick nonimmigrant students who did not receive this notice, or
if you are a permanent resident or citizen of the U.S and should not be
receiving these notices, please contact Susan Maldonado at susanm@rci.rutgers.edu.