I-130 March 2017 Filers

[Eliandry 10]

7 minutes ago, MaksK said:

Hi my PD is March 28 Texas...I still haven’t received anything yet. Praying hard

 

On a side note, I live in USA and the tax season will begin soon and I was curious to know how I file since I got married this year and my husband is oversees. Do I file as single or married and how does the process work? 

 

Thank you

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/family/claiming-a-non-citizen-spouse-and-children-on-your-taxes-/L6VM4IzTQ

[dadabigboy 13]

one April 4 got RFE yesterday

[cthistlewaite 4]

1 hour ago, dadabigboy said:

one April 4 got RFE yesterday

Thanks for the updates.  Our PD is March 24th and hoping that because they're already doing April RFE's and we haven't received one yet when they did the March RFE blitz a couple of weeks ago, that we'll get our approval letter very soon.  It would be a nice Christmas present.

[Iwo_Jima 119]

20 hours ago, MaksK said:

Hi my PD is March 28 Texas...I still haven’t received anything yet. Praying hard

 

On a side note, I live in USA and the tax season will begin soon and I was curious to know how I file since I got married this year and my husband is oversees. Do I file as single or married and how does the process work? 

 

Thank you

If you are legally married and want to file jointly then foreign spouse must have either SSN or ITIN.

[dadabigboy 13]

1 hour ago, cthistlewaite said:

Thanks for the updates.  Our PD is March 24th and hoping that because they're already doing April RFE's and we haven't received one yet when they did the March RFE blitz a couple of weeks ago, that we'll get our approval letter very soon.  It would be a nice Christmas present.

I'm hoping so as well 

[GiGiJamacia 20]

March 2 patiently waiting 🙂

[Henry&Olga 60]

NOA2 APPROVED !! Exactly one month after i got the RFE letter. So happy

[Mrs Prestige 329]

18 minutes ago, Henry&Olga said:

NOA2 APPROVED !! Exactly one month after i got the RFE letter. So happy

Congratulations 

[Henry&Olga 60]

25 minutes ago, Mrs Prestige said:

Congratulations 

Thank you!!! Finally almost 9 months since PD

[Mv&Sh 45]

14 hours ago, Iwo_Jima said:

If you are legally married and want to file jointly then foreign spouse must have either SSN or ITIN.

Not necessarily.. My wife and I went through this (we both live abroad btw). I’m the foreign spouse, never lived in the US, never paid tax in the US, which means I have no SSN, nor ITIN. You can not file your taxes online because of that (you can not leave the spous’ ITIN no. blank, the website won’t let you go to the next step without it), but can do it on paper (I guess). What we did is that my wife called IRS, explained the situation and they mail her transcripts to our foreign address. They were very helpful!

[Mv&Sh 45]

On 12/15/2017 at 9:47 PM, MaksK said:

Hi my PD is March 28 Texas...I still haven’t received anything yet. Praying hard

 

On a side note, I live in USA and the tax season will begin soon and I was curious to know how I file since I got married this year and my husband is oversees. Do I file as single or married and how does the process work? 

 

Thank you

My wife and I went through this (we both live abroad btw). I’m the foreign spouse, never lived in the US, never paid tax in the US, which means I have no SSN, nor ITIN. You can not file your taxes online because of that (you can not leave the spous’ ITIN no. blank, the website won’t let you go to the next step without it), but can do it on paper (I guess). What we did is that my wife called IRS, explained the situation and they mailed her transcripts to our foreign address. They were very helpful!

 

 

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Edited December 17, 2017 by Mv&Sh

[Mv&Sh 45]

9 minutes ago, Mv&Sh said:

My wife and I went through this (we both live abroad btw). I’m the foreign spouse, never lived in the US, never paid tax in the US, which means I have no SSN, nor ITIN. You can not file your taxes online because of that (you can not leave the spous’ ITIN no. blank, the website won’t let you go to the next step without it), but can do it on paper (I guess). What we did is that my wife called IRS, explained the situation and they mailed her transcripts to our foreign address. They were very helpful!

 

 

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Okay, just asked my wife.. (I was more or less right about it )

 

You only can do it separately, NOT jointly, as your spouse doesn’t have ITIN.

 

So you have to do it on paper for the reason I explained above. My wife included a note explaining the situation in the same mail she sent to IRS with the tax returns. She was asking them to let her know, but they never answered, so she gave them a call a good few weeks later (I think IRS allow themselves 5 weeks or so). The lady at IRS was very helpful, printed her transcripts and mailed them to our foreign address (she even included a little note wishing us success with the immigration ).

 

However it was probably easier than usual, as my wife didn’t have any income.

 

Before this, I tried to get my ITIN number with W7 form.. Don’t waste your time with that... (and don’t waste your money either, I had to mail a notarized copy of my passport, the US embassy in my country charged me $50 for that..)

[Iwo_Jima 119]

13 minutes ago, Mv&Sh said:

Okay, just asked my wife.. (I was more or less right about it )

 

You only can do it separately, NOT jointly, as your spouse doesn’t have ITIN.

 

So you have to do it on paper for the reason I explained above. My wife included a note explaining the situation in the same mail she sent to IRS with the tax returns. She was asking them to let her know, but they never answered, so she gave them a call a good few weeks later (I think IRS allow themselves 5 weeks or so). The lady at IRS was very helpful, printed her transcripts and mailed them to our foreign address (she even included a little note wishing us success with the immigration ).

 

However it was probably easier than usual, as my wife didn’t have any income.

 

Before this, I tried to get my ITIN number with W7 form.. Don’t waste your time with that... (and don’t waste your money either, I had to mail a notarized copy of my passport, the US embassy in my country charged me $50 for that..)

I talked to my accountant. She said it's possible to file jointly (my CPA will take care of it). My wife lives in Brazil, she doesn't have ITIN, I live in the US. You don't need spouse's passport to file W7, you need Power of Attorney (IRS Form 2848).

[Mv&Sh 45]

39 minutes ago, Iwo_Jima said:

I talked to my accountant. She said it's possible to file jointly (my CPA will take care of it). My wife lives in Brazil, she doesn't have ITIN, I live in the US. You don't need spouse's passport to file W7, you need Power of Attorney (IRS Form 2848).

I can’t argue with that, if your accountant says so, I’m sure it is possible, however I was positive until just now, that your spouse has to have ITIN to do it jointly.

 

That’s why I tried to get my ITIN (I’m the foreign spouse), with W7 form and obviously I have to prove my identity with my passport. (according to the W7 instructions). But you can not just make a copy, it has to be notarized so they make sure it is not fake. Which I already said it was a waist of time..

Edited December 17, 2017 by Mv&Sh

[evelynrosa 7]

NOA2 Approved! 
PD March 10th 
Approval Dec 12th 
Arrived Dec 16th 

(Nebraska Service Center)

 

I am so happy!!!!!!!!!!!! Best Christmas present imaginable...