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GrayL   47

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Hi Good people of VJ,

I have hopefully a simply question.

I landed to this great country in November 2011, didn't start working until May 2012, and I have some questions in doing my federal (and state) tax return.

I'm stuck on the question whether I was a non-immigrant for any part of 2012.

I landed here on a K-1 VISA in November 2011.

I got married in January 2012.

I filed for and received my green-card in September of 2012.

My question is, for tax purposes, was I a non-immigrant for the entirety of 2012 (maybe I still am??), part of it, or was I classed as an immigrant from when I landed here.

I know that the K-1 is a non-immigrant visa, but I have no idea if I should tick that box on my tax return.. HELP!!!

Thank you so much,

Graeme Lucas

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My name is Gray and I'm originally from Perth, Western Australia, my wife Bry is from Montana.
We met in June 2010, got engaged in November 2010, and married in January 2012!
We are now living together in Montana.

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bigdog   376

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File as married, include your social security number, and see your tax professional if needed.

In Arizona its hot hot hot.

http://www.uscis.gov/dateCalculator.html

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GrayL   47

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Thanks for your replies.

I am filing jointly, my question was more did I become an immigrant once I got my green card, or when I landed in the US, as I got my green card (from K-1 visa) in September of 2012.

Thank you in advance.

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My name is Gray and I'm originally from Perth, Western Australia, my wife Bry is from Montana.
We met in June 2010, got engaged in November 2010, and married in January 2012!
We are now living together in Montana.

Timeline:
- NATURALIZATION, N400 -

07/04/2015: Applicable for Naturalization

For my full K-1/AOS/AP/EA/ROC process see my timeline here: http://goo.gl/AyNVBd
Check out my Flickr Page here: http://goo.gl/Yx4THU

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