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They also said that if we file married filing single return that I can claim him as a dependent and I would not have to show his income from Poland. And since he did not earn any income in the U.S...he does not have to file since his income was zero. That is what I did.

Thank you for posting. I thought that when you are married you were not allowed to file single and claim your spouse as a dependent. But if it worked you for, cool.

My husband is a citizen of The Netherlands and I am the USC. He was living with me in the US between 1/1/2005 and 3/5/2005 on a visitor's visa. He returned to Holland and from 3/6/2005 to 9/5/2005, he earned roughly $6,000. During his time in Holland, we were waiting for the I-129F to be approved. He has been living in the US with me since 9/6/2005 and we got married 10/1/2005.

We will file a married joint tax return for my income since he has not yet earned any money inthe US. We want to know if he can qualify for the bona fide residence test which will make him eligible to exclude all of his earnings from Holland on the F2555. We were thinking he does not qualify for this income exclusion simply because on 12/25/2005 he sent a letter to the Dutch government to say that he is no longer a resident of Holland.

Can we exclude his income in our situation? Has anyone else run into this similar situation?

Thank you!!

Jennifer