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Re:Is Delaware the Cheapest Place to Incorporate? by Mystery-Machine on Thursday November 16, 2023 @10:55PM (#38299341)
You're wrong. Non-resident alien means the person is at-best a tourist. Most likely the person is outside of the US and _maybe_ visits occasionally.
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Re:Is Delaware the Cheapest Place to Incorporate? by dividendpayee on Thursday November 16, 2023 @11:04PM (#38299412)
No, you are totally wrong. You should not comment on things that you have no understanding of. A non-resident alien is any person in the US who is not a citizen, green card holder, or passes the substantial presence test. There are millions of non-resident aliens on visas in the US.
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Re:Is Delaware the Cheapest Place to Incorporate? by zeusk on Thursday November 16, 2023 @11:43PM (#38299670)
Substantial presence test is applied by IRS only for tax residency. You can be on h1-b for 5 years, pass the SPT and classify as tax resident but still be non-resident alien in the eyes of DHS/USCIS/SSA.
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Re:Is Delaware the Cheapest Place to Incorporate? by lannisterstark on Friday November 17, 2023 @01:42AM (#38300324)
In the United States, non-resident alien is someone who does not have a LPR or US citizenship. Students on F1 Visas and J1 visas for example, are categorized as Nonresident aliens.

H1B is a dual purpose visa on the other hand. LPRs and Citizens are obviously categorized as residents.

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Re:Is Delaware the Cheapest Place to Incorporate? by throwaheyy on Friday November 17, 2023 @04:05AM (#38301168)
Completely wrong.
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