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Filing taxes as Married

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Does anyone know anything about taxes? I've read that it's good to file your taxes as married as additional proof when you need to show your income during the NVC phase

 

. I am applying for the Spousal Visa for my husband.

 

 We got married with 2 days left in 2022. Does anyone know if I can file as married or, if I should file as married? Any advice is greatly appreciated ❤️ 

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Thread is moved from Off Topic to the Tax & Finances forum, to be among similar threads.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

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01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

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07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Ayrton Proficient

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You must file as married. At this stage, your spouse most likely doesn't have SSN, so you can either file separately by paper, or apply for an ITIN and file jointly.

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1 minute ago, hey.atay1230 said:

Yes, my husband lives abroad. He is not filing taxes as he has never been in the US.

Doesn't matter. You're married, so you can file jointly and get a better tax deduction.

 

Explanation:

 

"If, at the end of your tax year, you are married and one spouse is a U.S. citizen or a U.S. resident within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 7701(b)(1)(A) and the other is not, you can choose to treat the nonresident spouse as a U.S. resident for tax purposes. This includes situations in which one of you was not a U.S. resident at the beginning of the tax year but was at the end of the year, and the other was not a U.S. resident at the end of the year."

 

Source: https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/nonresident-spouse

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To file jointly you'll have to paper file and also file the form to request an ITIN and send all the documents they want with it.

If you file MFS you can file online, no ITIN needed.

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