US Immigration from Canada

Hello! I'm brand new here, and plan to move to the United States from Canada to live with my fianc /future spouse.

However, there's a requirement when it comes to the K-1 visa, that you've had to have met in person in the past two years.

With the pandemic, I haven't been able to travel to see them since March of 2019, almost three years. I planned to go in 2020 but our plans had to be cancelled due to border closures.

So, my question is, when applying for a K-1 visa, are they taking the pandemic into consideration, or would I have to first visit them again before they start the application process?

Thanks in advance for your answers!

I've been trying to do some research for the last couple of hours and I think I have a handle on our tax situation but I want to make sure.

My wife is in the process of AOS, adjusting from a K1. She's been in the US a total of 270 days this year, she come to stay for 5 months at the beginning of 2021 while waiting for her K1 interview. She went back to Canada for the interview and come back to the US in September.

We had her quit her job at the end of 2020 so she could come to the US for that 5 months and go to the interview hassle free. So she hasn't made any income in 2021. We also got her SSN as soon as she got here to make it easier to file taxes this year.

So if I understand correctly we'll file as married filing jointly and will elect her as a resident alien since she's been in the US long enough. Since she has no income from Canada, no income at all, we won't have to file any foreign tax forms like a FEIE, or do we?

To elect resident alien does that mean I just file a tax return as normal, file a paper tax return with a specific option checked, or something else entirely?

Also am I correct in the assumption that she will qualify for the 3rd stimulus payment or do I need to do something special in that regards to not receive it by mistake?

I hope this makes sense and that I have as firm as an understanding as I think I have on our tax situation.

Thanks in advances for any replies with helpful information.

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