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I agree with you Ebunoluwa, there is a sworn declaration that you are a bachelor or a spinster. I know Holland requires it from some people.

Pascanda all is well seek the truth.

I agree with you Ebunoluwa, there is a sworn declaration that you are a bachelor or a spinster. I know Holland requires it from some people.

Pascanda, all is well; seek the truth.

Please does anyone know if physical medical exams are done on Sundays in either of the two Lagos hospitals?

Plus is there a preference of one hospital over the other i.e service and price?

Thanks.

We should start hearing good news from next month.

My ears are open and my mind is ready if it comes this month.

Just to keep my sanity.

Thanks for the good job paisaman. Guess october is inching up gradually.

Hoping the single digit number may also mean few filers for that month.-wishful thinking.

Congrats. Whatever the RFE is respond as fast as you can and send it off.

yeah those people are colder than ice and they take pride in their stupidity. Like they did not know it was going to expire.

All the best and hope it all turns out well.

Thanks and best wishes.

EAHC1, What number did you call for the expedite because we did not have a phone number to call only a fax number.

It maybe true that a delayed response maybe a refusal, but please let me know the know the number you called.

I do however believe military deployment should be a true expedite.

Call military again to find out more information.

Good luck.

Pls help me understand this. How do you get higher refund when u cannot claim the EIC filling joint without ITIN?

What is resulting in a higher refund? I have both the cd and downloadable turbo tax.

Pls help me if I am doing something wrong as I have not seen any increase or will irs do it and include the EIC after the ITIN is issued?

Just curious which additional money people talk about receiving as positive for filing jointly.

Thanks

matt1968, it is me again. I am trying to file our taxes, so i got to the place on turbo tax that says we do not qualify for EIC because of the lacking SSN/ITIN number.

Were you able to get this credit, or you have to wait for the ITIN to be processed before IRS will recalculate the credit?

Thanks

I didn't realize this thread was still going.

Here's how to navigate foreign income in Turbotax.It is found under "Less Common Income." Remember this is also for Americans who worked abroad for an American or foreign company so don't let the multi-use form confuse you.

How was the income reported to you? Statement from foreign employer

Value of employer paid goods...home, car, etc Skip all that

Was _____ a US citizen? No

Was ____ a resident alien while working outside the US? Tick YES, because to the IRS, you are a resident alien for the whole of 2010 because of the statement you wrote electing to be treated that way.

Income tax treaty? YES (you'd have to look that up, but NO won't allow the exemption)

Ways to qualify for the foreign income exclusion? Bonafide resident

Date started living in foreign country? Probably date of your birth

Date stopped living there? Entry to US date if already here.

Skip everything trying to determine if you get to exclude your foreign home. That's for Americans assigned overseas. The rest is fairly self explanatory. Be sure to enter your foreign address and employer when asked.

Does ___ have an employment contract? NO (for Americans abroad)

Type of visa? Don't tick any of the four. You don't have a visa TO the the foreign country in this question

Does your visa limit the time you can work outside US? Tick nothing or unlimited works.

That should get you through TurboTax. Some questions are self explanatory. Proceed to finish the return and mail it to the place of filing for your location along with the statement you wrote. Make sure line 21 of the 1040 has a negative number showing your foreign income was taken off. Next year with a greencard and no foreign income, it's like any USC couple filing.

If you don't have a SSN, the I posted earlier about mailing to Austin to get the ITIN.

Thanks Nich Nick for this info. I guess this means that you do not have to actually buy the software from the store to be able to access this information.

From your explnantion, this information can also be accessible from the online version of turbo tax.

pls correct me if i am wrong, because i have been under the impresssion that you have to actually buy it from the store to access that feature to enter the foreign spouse information.

congrats. that is good news.

Thanks for your reply.

Thank God

Congrats this is a wonderful news from lagos. I bet he has great ties to Nigeria i.e a good job and house.

Congrats again.

Tks. He had some done with kamorass last year we were K1 now CR1.

Congrats

My husband will be going to do his physical exam in Lagos can anyone pls tell me how much it cost?

He already did his vaccination.

Thanks

So I made an international call today to BoA I am presently away visiting my husband.

The lady on the phone said he has to be physically present in the states to open a joint account with me.

please for those of you that were able to open a joint account what documents were need?

Thanks

Thanks Matt for clarifying. I am presently with my husband visiting so we are getting all necessary stuff.

I will go ahead now and print the typed out declaration.

Best wishes

Matt, where did you print the declaration from. We just wrote ours seperately based on the directions from irs website.

congrats

Just to keep myself happy, I am looking for an approval around april-may. If it comes early I will be very happy. But in the mean time, I will be going to get my hug from across the ocean for 2wks.

Happy New Year to all.

this is hard to hear and i am not sure how you will go around the pics issue because they are picture crazy.

my suggestion would be to get a lawyer in preparation for a second interview.

goodluck