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If you are from a high fraud country or one that is known to have issues with the USA, do not file as single. Firstly, you're lying to the US government about your marital status when you do this, I don't care what your tax preparer has told you. Ask if you can get an ITIN for your spouse. If they look at you like you just grew a third eye or don't know what an ITIN is, walk away because all they want is your money. Secondly, it is possible that the consular officer could look at those tax transcripts negatively and ask why you are trying to hide your marriage from the US government. It's possible they won't ask anything either, but for high fraud countries, this is not a chance you want to take.

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The impact to your immigration process will be minimal, if at all. However, he should amend his tax return to MFS by filing Form 1040X, printing 'NRA' where it asks for your SSN. As he won't be clai

gabrielv
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My husband file single ever since we are married. We ask the person filing his taxes about our situation and he said it's okay to file as single and we can Amend it after I get my SSN and no problem w

CarlosAndSveta
CarlosAndSveta

NRA for spouse's SSN only works for Married Filing Separately. To file jointly the nonresident alien spouse must have an SSN or apply for an ITIN with your joint return.

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Does your child live with the USC? I believe they need to live with whomever is filing HOH to qualify for at least half the year.

Were the requirements met according to http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p501.pdf ??

Either way, if he can claim HOH that is okay. The options for married couples are: married filing separately, married filing jointly, and head of household (with qualifying household member.)

Yes, we three live together. I as a alien (still on my valid B2 visa, but going to apply for adjustment), my husband and daughter are both USC (our daughter was born in Brazil but had a report of birth abroad and acquired her citizenship), so he does meet the requirements for HOH. Married filing separately is not an option for us, since I am not filing separately (I'm not filing at all).

But I think this whole conversation is actually to make sure we wouldn't have problems on our visa process, and not if we are getting more or less money back. I mean, when I send my AOS, which my husband will be my sponsor, and the officer sees that on his taxes he is single... would that be a problem?

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Yes, we three live together. I as a alien (still on my valid B2 visa, but going to apply for adjustment), my husband and daughter are both USC (our daughter was born in Brazil but had a report of birth abroad and acquired her citizenship), so he does meet the requirements for HOH. Married filing separately is not an option for us, since I am not filing separately (I'm not filing at all).

But I think this whole conversation is actually to make sure we wouldn't have problems on our visa process, and not if we are getting more or less money back. I mean, when I send my AOS, which my husband will be my sponsor, and the officer sees that on his taxes he is single... would that be a problem?

OP, from what I've read on VJ, if the USC is married, as the Petitioner, they should file "Married filing separately". Which means your husband cannot again be "single" once he's married. and hence should file MFS until you are there with him and starts working. Then you can both file "married filing jointly". You as the beneficiary is not eligible to file US taxes since you are not a citizen yet. My husband had to file "married filing separate" since I'm the beneficiary and not yet in the US.


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OP, from what I've read on VJ, if the USC is married, as the Petitioner, they should file "Married filing separately". Which means your husband cannot again be "single" once he's married. and hence should file MFS until you are there with him and starts working. Then you can both file "married filing jointly". You as the beneficiary is not eligible to file US taxes since you are not a citizen yet. My husband had to file "married filing separate" since I'm the beneficiary and not yet in the US.

Head of household is not single.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.  - Dr. Seuss

 

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Just thinking out loud here, but what are you going to do when someone asks for your husband's tax return to show the relationship and it says "single?" IRS rules are very clear. If you are married on the last day of the year, the only filing statuses that are available to you are married filing jointly, married filing separately, or in some cases, if you've been separated and have a dependent child, head of household.

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Tell him to seek several other opinions of other tax preparers.

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Hi my Friend..

NRA in MFJ?

What do you think ?

NRA for spouse's SSN only works for Married Filing Separately. To file jointly the nonresident alien spouse must have an SSN or apply for an ITIN with your joint return.

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