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Am I married or still single in the US (weird question)

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newacct Experienced

newacct   688

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When filing taxes, unless your husband have been in the US for 6 months, you file head of household if possible. You are considered legally married but because he haven't been in the country you file head of household. Trust me i know this info firsthand. Btw...please register your marriage in the US..you dont want any problems down the line

You need to have a qualifying dependent living with you in order to be Head of Household.

Nowhere in my post did mention head of household!

oops, replied to wrong post

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There is NO official "registration" for a foreign marriage... Some states have the ability to file official documents but there is no need (or system) to do any type of registering of a foreign marriage... Married is married, your foreign marriage certificate is recognized here is the USA. No need to do anything else.

I live in the state of maryland and when i got married to my husband in jamaica i had to come home and take our marriage license from jamaica to the court house in maryland for registry

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I live in the state of maryland and when i got married to my husband in jamaica i had to come home and take our marriage license from jamaica to the court house in maryland for registry

That is a strange requirement since the Maryland circuit courts say that foreign marriages are considered legal and do not need to be registered...

Example... http://www.mdcourts.gov/clerks/howard/faq.html as well I found that in 5 other Maryland district courts... If the USA federal law states that they are recognized, the state cannot say they are not...

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XXoverwhelmedXX   1

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On the Federal tax form (W-4) it says if spouse is non-resident then mark "Single"

Now I'm confused ???

Thats what it says:

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If married, but legally separated, or spouse is a nonresident alien, check the “Single” box.
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Its been a year since submitting I-130 and were still in two different countries :sleepy:

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That's for them to remove taxes from your pay, not for how you would FILE your taxes.

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Your I4 just tells how much money in taxes gets deducted... You can file 0 or single to have more money deducted or 3,4,5 to have less taken out each pay heck.. But filing federal taxes you must mark married...

10/14/2000 - Met Aboard a Cruise ship

06/14/2003 - Married Savona Italy

I-130

03/21/2009 - I-130 Mailed to Chicago lockbox

11-30-09: GOT GREEN CARD in mail!!!!!!

Citizenship Process;

1/11/2013: Mailed N400 to Dallas Texas

3/11/2013: interview.. Approved

4/4/2013. : Oath! Now a U.S. citizen!

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SennaBrigante   92

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I had this confusion myself. We were married in the US but we haven't reported our marriage to the Phil Embassy so I wasn't sure if our marriage is recognized here in the Philippines.

Almost everyone I asked basically said that once you're married, you're considered as married anywhere else in the world. *high five*

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