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    Filing Taxes as Married or Single?

    in Tax & Finances During US Immigration

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    2 hours ago, B&C2017 said:

    It is illegal to file single when you’re married (See IRS page). Your marital status for the tax year is whatever is your marital status is as of December 31st of the year you’re filing.

     

    Your husband can either file “married filing separate” (probably makes the most sense in your case and does not require you to get an ITIN but he can’t list you as a dependent either since you don’t have a SSN) or “married filing jointly”, which would require an ITIN (a little late to get that now as it takes some time) and would make your foreign income subject to US tax.

    Although your foreign earned income under 105’900 USD (changes each year but currently it’s 105’900 for 2019) can be excluded (you need to file a form for that exclusion of your foreign income though) but still needs to be listed.

    https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-earned-income-exclusion

     

    Thank you! I think this is the best option for us.

     

    Thank you all for all your help! I really appreciate it.

    Filing Taxes as Married or Single?

    in Tax & Finances During US Immigration

    Posted

    35 minutes ago, payxibka said:

    Married.  If he wants to file a joint return you need an itin.  If he wants to file as separate you don't 

    Thank you!

    Just now, Dashinka said:

    I agree, he cannot file as single as he is not single.  Jointly or separately are his only options, and if he wants to file jointly he has to get an ITIN for you.

     

    Good Luck!

    I've been doing a little of research and it seems getting an ITIN takes time. Do you think would be best to file Married but Separately?

    I-130 October 2019 Filers

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Hi All,

     

    I have a question and I would like to ask for your advise.

     

    My husband and I are still waiting on our I-130 approval. He's about to fill his taxes but we have an issue. We got married last year (August 2019 - I'm still living in Mexico) and his tax guy is telling him is best to fill as single since I don't have a SSC yet but our immigration attorney is telling him to file as "married filing separate" - she's also saying we will need an ITIN. Do you know what's the ITIN number? Do you think we will need it?

    Filing Taxes as Married or Single?

    in Tax & Finances During US Immigration

    Posted

    Hi Everyone!

     

    My husband and I are still waiting on our I-130 approval. He's about to fill his taxes but we have an issue. We got married last year (August 2019 - I'm still living in Mexico) and his tax guy is telling him is best to fill as single since I don't have a SSC but our immigration attorney is telling him to file as "married filing separate" - she's also saying we will need an ITIN. Do you know what's the ITIN number? Do you think we will need it?

     

    Thank you all for your help!

    I-130 October 2019 Filers

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    2 hours ago, B&C2017 said:

    You have to log in to the myuscis account and there it has a tab I believe which is called my case and it says „in progress“ and above it has a date in orange. 
    I was searching for a screen shot online but didn‘t find one and hubby has the log in ☺️
    Maybe someone else can post one.

     

    or maybe it would be in the field „última actualización“ but - as you said - didn‘t update.

    Thank you!

     

    1 hour ago, Shemuz said:

    If you go to myaccount.uscis.gov and login, you should be able to access your case status. There it will show you your submitted date and another more recent date which is the last updated date of your case. For mine it says February 23, 2020 with the status “In Process”. 

    Thanks for your help! I just created an account but I'm being asked for my access code. Do you know where do I get my access code? We only received the form "I-797C, Notice of Action" and I can't find the access code there.

    I-130 October 2019 Filers

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    On 2/20/2020 at 12:42 PM, Shemuz said:

    Does anybody keep track of their estimated date on here? I’ve been keeping track and have noticed that it keeps getting pushed back further and further. I’m not sure if the service centers have really slowed down that much or if VJ members are just not updating their timelines. 

    Where did you see the change/update? It seems I'm not seeing any updates...

     

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    Good news with recent IOE receipt number I130 petitioner

    in USCIS Service Centers

    Posted

    9 hours ago, lpena said:

    Sure,  I'll be posting any news I get from USCIS. hope you guys do the same. As today no changes, still waiiiiitiiiiing......, however my wife is here with her tourist visa for about 2 weeks (no problem at the airport, we though that was going to be an issue.  although she had it before the I-130 petition).

    I'm glad to hear your wife is visiting. I also have a visa but I will have to renew it since it's expiring in February 2020. I wasn't sure about renewing it but my lawyer told me that I could still visit the U.S. with my tourist visa and also my job might require me to fly. 

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