Welcome to the beginning steps of the payroll process for foreign nationals receiving scholarships from Missouri State University. Below you will find some instructions for this process.
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Complete the on-line Foreign National Information Form using the username and password assigned to you. Below are points to keep in mind as you work through the form.
a. You may leave fields blank if you cannot provide the information. At the bottom of each section is a button for saving with errors.
b. Indicate in Section 1 that your occupation is Scholarship Recipient.
c. If you do not have a foreign tax payer ID number, you may leave this field blank.
d. The institution ID number is the 900 number that was assigned to you when you were first admitted to Missouri State University.
e. If you do not use all capital letters, be sure to capitalize the appropriate words, primarily in the name and address fields.
f. Please be sure to indicate you are a recipient of a grant in Section 4.
g. The visa history section is the most important part of the form since this information is used to determine your tax status. Be sure to include ALL visits to the US in F, J, Q or M status since 1985 and ALL visits to the U.S. in any other immigration status within the current and last two years. If this portion of the form is not complete, the form will be rejected.
h. You will not have an exit date for your current visa status. Use the date on your I-20 or DS-2019 as a projected status end date.
i. When you reach the end of the session in Section 6, be sure to select the box next to the statement: “The information I have entered is correct and I wish to submit it to my host site.” This is located at the lower portion of the confirmation section. Then you may click the FINISH button.
The next screen will ask you to click next to the statement: “…to create an email notifying your administrator at Missouri State University that you have just submitted your Foreign National Information Form. Sending this email will ensure that your information is seen and checked for completeness by your administrator.”
If you do not click here, the Accountant handling Foreign National Taxation will not be notified that you have completed the form. After you have sent your e-mail use the Back button in order to view the data or return to the Welcome page. Once you have submitted the form you can no longer make changes until the form has been made accessible to you again by the Accountant.
- Once you have completed the on-line information form the Accountant handling Foreign National Taxation will contact you for an appointment. The appointment will take approximately 20-30 minutes. Be prepared to bring to the appointment: Your passport, I-20 or DS-2019, I-94, social security card and any other pertinent immigration documentation.
- All relevant tax documents will be completed during the interview with the Accountant handling Foreign National Taxation.