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Customs Entry Form question for F1 visa

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nekotakacho   60

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When you arrive to the US, you are given a customs form (CBP Traveler Entry Form) to fill out. One of the questions is "Country of Residence". If one temporarily lives in the US (e.g. on an F1 visa) [in a rented apartment] [and spends at least 10 months a year in the US, spending the remaining 2 months or so traveling], what should they answer? Is the US their country of residence, or is the country of residence defined to be the country of their permanent residence (which is in most cases the country of their citizenship)?

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Rosalind F   178

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I've read it as "Country of permanent residency" and put there my citizenship country - did not have any problems! 

F-1 visa is not a resident visa. 

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Country of residence is different for tax purposes and for immigration/visa purposes. For the IRS you are probably a resident, but for USCIS you are not a resident. 

 

I just came into the US and I didn't have to fill out that form. I think they are removing it from some airports.

 

 

 
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