IS A ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS APPLICANT A RESIDENT?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

What is it exactly you're trying to accomplish...?

My husband needs to fill out a W-4 form for our new employer( so they can with-hold the correct amount of taxes). I just want to fill out the form correctly. I am just really confused because the W-4 form requires you to fill out another form if you are a non-resident alien. This form (8233) is very confusing and I wanted to know if anyone has had to fill it out before. The first two lines inquire whom the "beneficiary owner" is and what is the "U.S tax payer identifying number is" and I dont know what these things are along with most of the rest of the form. I know this is only slightly related to the problems here at visa journey but I tried looking every where else online (and reading the 8233 instructions which is v confusing) with no luck so I was hoping someone knows about what I am going through. Hopefully you do? If not at, thanks for your help thus far!

If your husband hasn't received a green card or an EAD card, he should not be working at all.

What? He HAS AN EAD>> I never said he doesn't.... He has a ss# a Ead and is now just waiting for a green card......otherwise I wouldnt be in this mess, he would just stay unemployed....

Wonderful. Kindly update your timeline so others can easily figure this out in the future.

The taxpayer ID # is your husband's SSN. No idea what a benficial owner is. Ask the HR dept at your husband's employer. They should have this type of knowledge.

Okay that makes sense, thank you.

If he has an EAD, just fill out the w-4 with his SSN

[Willow2009 0]

What is it exactly you're trying to accomplish...?

My husband needs to fill out a W-4 form for our new employer( so they can with-hold the correct amount of taxes). I just want to fill out the form correctly. I am just really confused because the W-4 form requires you to fill out another form if you are a non-resident alien. This form (8233) is very confusing and I wanted to know if anyone has had to fill it out before. The first two lines inquire whom the "beneficiary owner" is and what is the "U.S tax payer identifying number is" and I dont know what these things are along with most of the rest of the form. I know this is only slightly related to the problems here at visa journey but I tried looking every where else online (and reading the 8233 instructions which is v confusing) with no luck so I was hoping someone knows about what I am going through. Hopefully you do? If not at, thanks for your help thus far!

Stop. Your husband is not yet eligible to work, this is why you do not have the information you need for the form you refer to. SOME non-residents are eligible to work. There are particular visas for this. The K-1 is not a work visa and your husband is not eligible to work until he has a green card or EAD. The question you are trying to answer is irrelevent to your husband and his current status.

I have to agree with Gary. The EAD that you receive before obtaining the Green Card expires when the K1 visa expires (90days after arriving to the US). And having a SS# does not make you eligible to work. So double check on his current status and make sure of things, because the info you provided is a little confusing, but after reading it this is what I understand of his situation.