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What's confusing me is tax season hasn't started yet for 2021 income, so I thought if I were to submit now I'd need 2018 to get to 3 years of returns.

1 hour ago, Wuozopo said:

Wait. I think I said that wrong.  If you became a permanent resident Jan 2019, you could have gotten a SSN  encore the filing deadline to file for the tax year 2018 jointly.  Forget what I said about ITIN. I just wanted to correct that bit.
 

But there is still no benefit to filing a joint return if she needs to report her income from abroad.  Her tax would be zero so a joint return couldn’t get her lower than $0 tax. 

We realized we forgot to file the taxes when I was looking at the requirements for the N400, so I think we have to file jointly then?

Thanks for the help guys!

Hi All,

I spent a few hours on the phone with IRS but it appear it's an 'out of scope' question for them.

I became a permanent resident on jan 9 2019 and we didn't file taxes for year 2018 when tax season came, I'm researching if we were required to. My US Citizen wife was living abroad with me in 2018 so I assume a return needs to be filed with her as the main taxpayer and me as the spouse for that year as I wasn't a PR in 2018?

Thanks for the help!

15 hours ago, LIBrty4all said:

You replied, but failed to answer the question.

Of course he did. Hate to break it to you but the election was Biden vs Trump not Biden vs Obama. It's not the gotcha you think it is lol

5 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Five out of four people are bad at math.

?

Numbers have been in for months:

306 > 232

81 > 74

Trump lost, some people just can't grasp the reality of it.

4 hours ago, LIBrty4all said:

So tell me... do you SERIOUSLY think Biden blew Obama out of the water on votes received?

Why would that be surprising? Trump lost because he spent 4 years pandering to his base and antagonizing the rest of the electorate.

Trump has no one but himself to blame for his loss.

Even the boat parades couldn't save him 🤣

2 hours ago, LIBrty4all said:

It's cute how those who fail to see seek to mock the informed.  Telling...

Lol no. Trump lost, consistently failed to prove election fraud and his supporters have been milked for money by a bunch of grifters for months.

Mad coping going on here.

Amazing this is still going on. Conservative politics has just evolved to conspiracy theories and perceived victimhood.

I didn't have conservatives rioting in the actual Capitol in my 2021 bingo card but here we are.

I imagine a lot of heads will be rolling within the DC law enforcement establishment. That was a failure for the ages.

We sent a screenshot from messenger for each month of the relationship.

13 hours ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

First off if you are not willing to join up and serve even as a conscientious objector then why did you decide for U.S. Citizenship, and why are you here? 

 

I don't understand that reasoning.

Bunch of natural born US citizens that are not willing to serve and nobody asks them why they're here...

Took me 8 months, it's not easy but you'll get there!

Had the same issue, we called the embassy and they told us to come back to have the package resealed.

Picking up a hobby helps, for exemple I recently found used golf clubs at Goodwill for really cheap and the golf course close to ours has free putting and chipping practice areas, it gets me out of the house and gives me something not too serious to be obsessed about which helps while the job search is on going.

25 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Insulin is cheaper in Mexico, too; however, you can't buy hypodermic needles there.

Sadly America is the world champion in expensive insulin. And drug prices really.

https://www.foxnews.com/health/utah-insurer-to-send-patients-to-mexico-for-cheap-prescription-drugs

I've heard Americans go to Canada to get it as it's way cheaper up there. (only practical if you live close to the border).

Maybe you can get a prescription in the U.K that covers several months right before you move and travel with that insulin, at least you are stress free for a bit and it ties you over until you find a job.

(if that's against immigration regulations can an Admin delete my post?)

Stumbled on this report on Twitter, here's the abstract:

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Since entering office in January 2017, the Trump administration has pressed one of the most assertive agendas on immigration in modern times. And though enforcement actions at the U.S.-Mexico border and in the interior of the country have drawn the most attention, a much more wide-ranging set of immigration-related policy changes has taken place over the past two years.

 

This document chronicles these changes, large and small, broken down by major issue area. Among other things, it includes Justice Department policies that affect how the immigration courts operate, humanitarian programs and statuses, adjustments to how the State Department processes visa applications and admits foreign nationals to the United States, and enforcement changes.

 

These policy changes have been accomplished unilaterally by the executive branch at a time when Congress has largely avoided taking on immigration-related legislation. They have come in the form of hundreds of policy memos, regulatory changes, and more. Some of these changes have been slowed or stopped by the courts, including attempts to prevent foreign nationals who cross the U.S. border illegally from receiving asylum, but most have gone into effect.

here's the link for the full report (click download report to read):

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/immigration-policy-changes-two-years-trump-administration

My apologies if this isn't posted where it should be.

13 hours ago, Marty Byrde said:

So are you saying dead terrorists can rise from the dead somehow?

Russians have been killing terrorists in the Caucasus since the mid 90s. They still have a terrorism problem there. 

The Brits never eliminated the IRA by killing them either.

In the case of isis crippling its means of making money is a huge part of the war effort, not just killing its foot soldiers (that are being replaced anyways) .

You don't win wars by killing everyone, that's where the winning hearts and minds thing comes from. 

And before you go on and tell me you can't win hearts and minds of isis fighters, no you can't. However you can try to win over the populace and greatly undermine the local support they have.

Anyways quoting a mysterious Israeli officer saying a badass thing has good dramatic effect. When in reality Israeli counter terrorism tactics rely on persuasion or coercion to weaken the terror groups at their borders as much as brute force when needed. 

1 hour ago, Satisfied said:

 

 

Oh, and we are not a democracy.  

 

Democracy (Greek: δημοκρατία dēmokratía, literally "rule by people"), in modern usage, has three senses—all for a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting

The conclusion of the envelope situation after talking with CBP and the embassy : with a tear that big (~5in) it would have been problematic at POE even if it wasn't possible to remove the docs through the tear. 

The phones were taken away by the security staff at the entry checkpoint and we got them back when leaving the embassy. 

On 10/29/2018 at 4:08 AM, TBoneTX said:

All that they have is emotion.

Conservatives tore their clothes apart and burnt their shoes when they saw an ad with a certain former football player. 

Americans across the board seem fairly emotional. 

2 cents from an outsider 

It's not possible to take the documents out through the damaged side atm, I'll take that as good news. 

Hello fellow VJers,

We got the visa package from the embassy today in the mail however, the sealed envelop is damaged...(see attachement)

We can see the docs through the damaged area.

It's too late to contact the embassy today, we'll try to get in touch tomorrow and ask them what to do, we'd love to know if anyone had similar experiences and how it turned out in the end

Hello fellow VJers, 

The IR1 was approved (waiting for it in the mail now) .

I'm wondering if it's legal to look for jobs before entering the U.S. as the visa is not stamped I'm not authorized to work there yet right?

If feel like I'm disqualified for what's posted on job boards (due to the automated questionnaire style applications) and I don't intend on bending the truth saying I don't need sponsorship when in fact the visa is not stamped yet.

Are my concerns baseless? Any tips for pre POE job search? 

Thanks!