Taxes

[Medcol 0]

Hey I got the approval in November 2018 my wife applied her 2017 tax as single not as married but we got married in August 2017 so she should to fix it as married?! Or make it as single and send it to NVC? 

[USS_Voyager 1,971]

If you two were married at the time she filed the tax, it should be married.

[geowrian 22,336]

Not an immigration issue, but it should be fixed with the IRS as Single was not a proper filing status.

[Medcol 0]

1 hour ago, geowrian said:

Not an immigration issue, but it should be fixed with the IRS as Single was not a proper filing status.

She sent it to IRS to fix it  2 months ago but she didn't get it yet 

[payxibka 10,044]

41 minutes ago, Medcol said:

She sent it to IRS to fix it  2 months ago but she didn't get it yet 

Get what?

[Medcol 0]

She didn't get her fixed tax yet 

[Medcol 0]

8 hours ago, payxibka said:

Get what? Her fixed tax 

 

[payxibka 10,044]

9 minutes ago, Medcol said:

 

If she sent it in it us fixed.   She won't get anything back from the IRS unless she is getting a refund 

[carmel34 3,538]

17 hours ago, Medcol said:

She sent it to IRS to fix it  2 months ago but she didn't get it yet 

Then she sends a copy of the amended tax return for 2017 showing a correction to married (jointly or separately it doesn't matter) to NVC and you take a copy to the interview.

Edited January 18, 2019 by carmel34
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[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

when it comes to taxes and returns,  it is so much better if the USC asks the questions

we know you do not understand our tax system

for instance

Did you,  the Moroccan, fill out the W7 form for her to get your ITIN and add you to 2017 tax returns?

Did she provide an original marriage certificate and original birth certificate of you with 2017 tax returns?

Did she amend her 2017 taxes with all the above?
 

I have discussed the process for a USC to do joint returns with a foreign spouse still living outside the USA many times

i added my husband in 2010 when we married and for each year 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 till he came to the USA (with the ITIN) 

[Medcol 0]

7 hours ago, carmel34 said:

Then she sends a copy of the amended tax return for 2017 showing a correction to married (jointly or separately it doesn't matter) to NVC and you take a copy to the interview.

Yeah so she can apply it to NVC as single is not matter right? 

[carmel34 3,538]

31 minutes ago, Medcol said:

Yeah so she can apply it to NVC as single is not matter right? 

Your choices, as a married couple, are to file "Married Filing Jointly" or "Married Filing Separately."  If you are married you cannot file tax returns as single.

[Medcol 0]

Yeah so she needs only send last tax to NVC 2018 tax for sponsorship and join tax for her father too? 

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

and all the above will depend  on when you get an interview  which depends on how fast she completes  the NVC stage

if you interview after April 15th a 2018 tax transcipt will be needed

if before that date a 2017 transcript

you don't  show a timeline so hard to now at what point your process is

just november doesn't tell us as many take a long time to complete the NVC documents and pay the fees