Non Resident
Alien Employees
Policy:
This policy covers faculty and staff who are Non Resident
Aliens or Foreign Nationals. The employees' tax status depends upon
various immigration information. The information is provided by the
employee
electronically
under
the College's Foreign National Information System (FNIS).
FNIS is a system used to gather visa and other various information.
The individual will log into the system over the web based upon a user
name and password provided by the Controller's Office and submit it
for review. Based upon the information provided, the system will determine
the tax status.
Information on the FNIS system must be updated annually to verify
tax status each year.
Procedure:
The Human Resource or the Dean of the College office should notify
Dotti Koulalis in the Controller's Office when a new employee who is
a non resident alien or forein national is hired.
The Controller's Office will forward a user name and password for
the employee to log into the web under FNIS and complete the required
information. After the information has been received, FNIS will determine
the tax status of the employee The appropriate tax forms will be printed
and forwarded to the employee for signature. The signed tax forms should
be returned to the Controller's Office so that the employee may be
set up to be paid.
This process will be repeated in December of each year so that the
tax status may be confirmed on an annual basis.
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