Really at a dead end over erroneous tax filing

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Pattu Rani,

Take a seat back and relax. YOU DID NOT DO ANYTHING WRONG. I was in the same predicament when I was filling my tax return. I was worried that despite being married how can I file as single? What if they reject my application on this basis of filling single??? But to tell you the truth, your tax return is used to verify your income, not your marital status. They have your marriage certificate for that, which will serve as a legal proof that you are married.

I also filed my 2007 tax return as single. My case is complete from NVC without any problem. You didn't do anything wrong. Your husband wasn't in US for the tax year and he was not dependent on you financially, so technically you can not claim an exemption on him. If you had filed jointly, all you would have done is increase your exemption by 1 because he didn't contribute any income as your spouse. But this would be semi-illegal because he is neither in US nor dependent on you. So you are fine the way you have filed. That's why I filed single for my wife. Plus, your filling single basically allowed govt. to collect more tax from you . So I don't think they would have any problem with you.

thanks,

CS

I agree. And plus filing under "single" or "married filing separately" does not differ in the amount of deduction you get, therefore you pay the same tax. All government cares about is $$ you owe to them. So since it does not make any difference you should be fine. And also, filing under "married filing separately" does not put any responsibility on you as far as your spouse filing under the same matireal status or not filing at all. You are simply not responsible for other people, even relatives.

Thank you so much, am sighing in relief now - I think I am just going to send in the 2007 1040EZ as is, what is the worst that NVC can do? I can handle an RFE but based on your case, CS, it should go smoothly. All I need to do is get my employer letter tomorrow and my I-864 documents are all ready. You are right tanyaru, the .gov IS getting more money from me this way so they would be idiots if they complained, LOL... The voice of common sense!!!!