Does tax status affect "Removing conditions"

[Camelot13 63]

Hello. This is my first year my husband and I are filing taxes after he got his green card. Does it matter whether we file jointly or separately for future immigration requirements? For example, if we filed separately, would this cause problems when we have to remove conditions in a year and a half? Thanks for your help!

[S_R 148]

Why do you think USCIS always list the Tax transcript as a required piece of evidence? Camelot13 the more evidence of co mingling of finances the stronger your petitions will appear going forward. You know what needs to be done... do it. I hope you both have an ACTIVE joint account too.

[Rob L 3,811]

Filing jointly or filing separately is an option for your tax strategy and not an indication of residence or how your households are combined. If you are married and on the last day of the calendar year, your status will be married and the IRS will want you to include your husbands SSN or a Tax ID number will need to be generated. In general there tax rates favor joint filing for the couple, so you would probably need to have a good explanation in terms of the tax advantage as to why you did not file jointly.

This question will be affecting us in the future so I did some research. In this article, http://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/will-filling-tax-as--married-filing-separately---a-1679681.html

two lawyers said no it will have no bearing and one said it might look suspicious and you need to explain.

Edited January 20, 2015 by Rob L

[kzielu 1,149]

Hello. This is my first year my husband and I are filing taxes after he got his green card. Does it matter whether we file jointly or separately for future immigration requirements? For example, if we filed separately, would this cause problems when we have to remove conditions in a year and a half? Thanks for your help!

Does not matter at all. At the time I filed for RoC my both tax returns were filed separately (for obvious reason of getting higher return) - got my 10-year GC ~3 months after filing, no interview or questions asked.

[Camelot13 63]

Thank you very much!