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Does a foreign national who is a nonresident alien for tax purposes who only worked for a very short time in a calendar year and didn earn very much still have to file a tax return?

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Does a foreign national who is a nonresident alien for tax purposes who only worked for a very short time in a calendar year and didn earn very much still have to file a tax return?

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Yes. A nonresident alien for tax purposes who had any U.S.-source earned income or received a taxable scholarship payment(s) must file both the Form 1040NR or 1040NR-EZ and Form 8843. Nonresident aliens are generally subject to tax on U.S.-source income only.