Taxes and re-entering the country

[crockies99 0]

Hi. My wife and I have successfully gone through the whole process and have been approved for everything. She has her drivers license and her permenant resident card and all that jazz.

My question now is. I have not filed my taxes yet for 2013. I am the us citizen, she came here from Canada.

We now have to file jointly.

I have loads of W2 s to track down and it always takes me a while to do my taxes. it's never a roblem with penalties because I always get money back.

My questuin is, she wants to travel to Canada for 2 weeks. She did not earn any money in 2013 at all. Does she still have to file taxes to be able to cross the border and return?

Thank you in advance!

[Pitaya 2,577]

~Moved from K1 process to Tax & Finances During US Immigration~

~Inquiry about past taxes, not K1 related~

[sma1488 155]

I think the key piece of information missing here is: when did you two get married, in 2013 or 2014?

As a side note, willfully failing to file a tax return (even if you don't owe taxes because you've already paid them through withholding) is not a good habit to get into, as it is technically illegal.

[crockies99 0]

I think the key piece of information missing here is: when did you two get married, in 2013 or 2014?

As a side note, willfully failing to file a tax return (even if you don't owe taxes because you've already paid them through withholding) is not a good habit to get into, as it is technically illegal.

Yes it is a terrible habit the problem is the amount of W-2s I have been tracking them down is always a problem. I realize others have this problem too and probably handle it better than me I just know that this year is one of those years in which I am having a hard time tracking them down.

On the visa question I had we got married in May 2013. And she was approved to be able to work starting in September 2013. But she did not work still in 2013 does not have any income to report. She wants to go visit her friends in two weeks. I am scrambling a way to get my taxes done. But I wanted to know just for my sanity is this a problem if they are not done in time for her to get back into the country?