1. Read CND's Q&A section below on how to get SSN witholding back (quite
a big hassel)
Long URL: make sure you have gotten the complete address
gopher:
//cnd.cnd.org/00/InfoBase/packages/tax/tax-info-93/tax-info.03-08-94%09%09%2B
gopher://cnd.cnd.org/00/InfoBase/packages/tax/tax-info-old/tax.v%09%09%2B
2. Get IRS Publication #515 http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/forms_pubs/pubs/p51504.htm
It says officially:
"A nonresident alien temporarily in the United States as a nonimmigrant
on an "F-1,""J