I am not sure I completely understand your question, but assuming you are a F1 student, here is my answer: Have you filed tax returns for 5 years? Health care requirement only applies to "resident alien" international students (you become a resident alien after 5 years; before that, you are a non-resident alien). Non-resident aliens don't need to pay fines for not having qualifying healthcare. If a non-resident alien (who is supposed to file 1040NR) files 1040 (used by resident aliens and citizens), it may cause problems when/if he has to file an adjustment of status (eg. file for Green Card). When you apply for a GC through employment, you may have to submit copies of old tax returns. As a non-resident alien (F1 student for less than 5 years), you need to file 1040NR and 8843 every year. Aba employment-based GC ko lagi kahile pani apply garne bichar chaina bhane je bhare ni huncha. Athawa, pachi amended return bharula ani lageko fine tirula ahile chahi yehi bharchu bhanne ho bhane je gare ni huncha. Apologies if I didn't understand your question.