my wife refuse to jointly file tax with me

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My wife refuse to jointly file tax with me and am holding a temporary 2yrs Gc.i will appreciate if someone can help me with the step to take in filling the tax which may not affect me in removing my conditions only me.

[Merrytooth 5,748]

You can file as married filing separately

Edited March 17, 2015 by Merrytooth

[Boiler 45,783]

Why?

[ADM PRO 0]

A little beat confused

[TagTeam 61]

Why did you get a 2 year green card to begin with? By your timeline, it appears as if you should not have had to adjust status when you entered the U.S. after you were married 2 years.You should have received a 10 year green card. If I am wrong please correct me.

Edited March 17, 2015 by TagTeam

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My conditional green card may be a result of the age difference btw i and my wife.We got married 2011 and i enterted US last year.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Your age difference does not deter!one whether you get a conditional or not green card. It is two years of marriage upon getting LPR status that determines whether you get a conditional green card or a 10 years green card

[TagTeam 61]

Aaron2020 is correct. How you file taxes should not correlate with your AOS at this point.

Edited March 17, 2015 by TagTeam

[j&ana 363]

just tell your wife you will file married as separate, most of the time filing jointly is better tax breaks so that is hurting her too she will have to file taxes to. If she did not work then it does not matter you can file married jointly or separated

Edited March 17, 2015 by j&ana

[Lauren and Kevin 55]

I'm no expert in filing USA taxes, but if she did not work, and you file jointly (i.e. you claim for her) then I think you have maybe an extra 8,000 dollars of tax free allowance - easy money in your pockets, and you do all the work, she just has to agree to you doing it. Ah well, perhaps it's a small price to pay for marital harmony - if she wishes to be foolish like this it's her right, and maybe just smile after she says no, and accept it...

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

I suspect there is more wrong with the relationship than how to file taxes

[novedsac 355]

I'm no expert in filing USA taxes, but if she did not work, and you file jointly (i.e. you claim for her) then I think you have maybe an extra 8,000 dollars of tax free allowance - easy money in your pockets, and you do all the work, she just has to agree to you doing it. Ah well, perhaps it's a small price to pay for marital harmony - if she wishes to be foolish like this it's her right, and maybe just smile after she says no, and accept it...

Buy signing a joint return she is also accepting the liabilities and risks that go along with the return; perhaps she knows something about his return we don't?

[Zedayn 485]

My wife refuse to jointly file tax with me and am holding a temporary 2yrs Gc.i will appreciate if someone can help me with the step to take in filling the tax which may not affect me in removing my conditions only me.

If she doesn't want to file jointly with you, then fine. She can file married filing separate. She will probably lose out on a large chunk of money but whatever.

Edited March 17, 2015 by Zedayn

[TagTeam 61]

I suspect there is more wrong with the relationship than how to file taxes

That is one of my points. If OP is going to be removing conditions, which is why he is so worried about his tax filing status so he can use as evidence he may have to be concerned about whether or not his wife will actually cooperate thorough the ROC process. However, if I were OP I would be scheduling an infopass. Edited March 17, 2015 by TagTeam

[Jawaree 718]

AOS? you are a spouse for at least 2 yrs, something is amiss

whats the full story? you can file your tax separately it should

be no prob