camden

Thanks for sharing.

Attend college. Education can never be lost once attained. Jobs come and go. How will u feel if u turn down school and American Airline flight attendants go out on strike?

As the petitioner, what filing status do I use
for my tax returns?
You have three options: married filing
separately (MFS), married filing jointly
(MFJ), or head of household (HOH).
For HOH, there's some criteria you need to
meet to be able to use this. Please see the
IRS website for more information. For most
people though, it's either between MFS or MFJ.
Before I continue, I will say this once and only
once: YOU CANNOT FILE SINGLE. If you are
married, you are married. Doesn't matter where
in the universe your spouse is, YOU ARE STILL
MARRIED. You will be lying to the IRS if you file
as single, and if caught, could cause serious
issues. If you have already filed taxes, either
this year or last, and were married, yet filed as
single, amend your tax return ASAP. If at the
time of the interview, there are tax return
transcripts in the case file showing the
petitioner filed as single, this can be a HUGE red
flag. The CO will have to wonder why the
petitioner filed as single when they're trying to
get a spousal visa. In their eyes, your
relationship can be seen as a fraud and could
be reason for denial.
For both MFS and MFJ, the petitioner will have
to file a paper tax return. Electronic
submissions won't be possible the first year.
Filing MFS will probably be the easiest for most
people as it doesn't require any extra
documents from the foreign spouse, nor does it
require their signature. On the tax return, where
it asks for the spouse's SSN, you would put
'NRA' for Non-Resident Alien. Continue filling
out the rest of the return as normal. That is all
you have to do. (And if desired, once the spouse
has immigrated to the US and has obtained a
SSN, the petitioner can then amend their tax
return to MFJ, to possibly get a bigger refund,
but this isn't required.)
Filing MFJ will typically mean a bigger refund
up front, with no need to amend. This route
takes a little more work though as the
beneficiary will have to fill out a W7 (available
on the IRS site), which requires a signature, and
include document(s), so they can obtain a ITIN
(it's like a SSN, but for the sole purpose of filing
taxes, and is available for those not currently
living in the US). This would then be included
with the tax return, and sent to a special
address for ITIN generation. For most
countries, it may be hard to get the needed
documents. (For Canada, it was uber easy, and
this is how my husband did his taxes while I
was still in Canada, waiting for my interview).
Please view the instructions for the W7 form on
the IRS website to see what documents will be
needed.Repost from.Saylin

I'm glad you posted, you simply expressed your thoughts. You will quickly learn the jerks on VJ. Eat the fish and leave the bones. Some of what they say may be helpful but most of it is rubbish. I always find it humorous how the ones who have their spouses with them and who still come back to post smart ### comments. They are a joke to me, don't let it stop it from speaking your mind.

I'm glad you posted, you simply expressed your thoughts. You will quickly learn the jerks on VJ. Eat the fish and leave the bones. Some of what they say may be helpful but most of it is rubbish. I always find it humorous how the ones who have their spouses with them and who still come back to post smart ### comments. They are a joke to me, don't let it stop it from speaking your mind.

Add China to the list for frontloading.

Semt mine last week via snail mail.

Add China to the list for frontloading.

As a health care professional myself, you learn to keep your personal opinions to.yourself. I think the nurse was being offensive and rude. It was unnecessary and subjective info that she provided. When you receive your customer service survey, which most hospitals send out these days, comment there.

As a health care professional myself, you learn to keep your personal opinions to.yourself. I think the nurse was being offensive and rude. It was unnecessary and subjective info that she provided. When you receive your customer service survey, which most hospitals send out these days, comment there.

As a health care professional myself, you learn to keep your personal opinions to.yourself. I think the nurse was being offensive and rude. It was unnecessary and subjective info that she provided. When you receive your customer service survey, which most hospitals send out these days, comment there.

As a health care professional myself, you learn to keep your personal opinions to.yourself. I think the nurse was being offensive and rude. It was unnecessary and subjective info that she provided. When you receive your customer service survey, which most hospitals send out these days, comment there.

I agree with the facts shown. Thanks Gowon. Personal opinions of people who rarely visit mean nothing to me.

Barka de Sallah

I'm a little late but congratulations are still in order. My hubby resides in Ibadan so I definitely must share the good news with him.

Good information. Thanks for the reminder.

Late is better than never.

Thanks for the heads up.... What i know is "amongst every 12 disciples is a Judas" One way or the other the culprits will show themselves. "by their seeds, we shall know them"
God bless

Yipee!! I'm so happy for you both.

So inspiring. Congrats.