Scandinavians Part 2

[Shanne 54]

Does anyone know if the NVC case number/Stockholm embassy case number is needed during the medical exam? I am currently waiting to recive the case number from the NVC and just realized that the medical clinic in Norway does not ask for the case number when scheduling the medical exam. But I was wondering if  anyone knows if they will need the case number while filling out the paperwork that they will send to the embassy? 

[Unidentified 2,930]

1 hour ago, Shanne said:

Does anyone know if the NVC case number/Stockholm embassy case number is needed during the medical exam? I am currently waiting to recive the case number from the NVC and just realized that the medical clinic in Norway does not ask for the case number when scheduling the medical exam. But I was wondering if  anyone knows if they will need the case number while filling out the paperwork that they will send to the embassy? 

Yes you will need the embassy case number at the medical. Some clinics won't ask for it when you schedule and some will but you will need it the day off your exam since that is their way of connecting it to your visa petition. 

[Georgia16 2,858]

4 hours ago, Unidentified said:

Yes you will need the embassy case number at the medical. Some clinics won't ask for it when you schedule and some will but you will need it the day off your exam since that is their way of connecting it to your visa petition. 

In DK they dont need it. 

[Shanne 54]

On 10/27/2017 at 12:49 PM, Unidentified said:

Yes you will need the embassy case number at the medical. Some clinics won't ask for it when you schedule and some will but you will need it the day off your exam since that is their way of connecting it to your visa petition. 

 

On 10/27/2017 at 5:27 PM, Georgia16 said:

In DK they dont need it. 

Thank you both for your input. I talked to the medical clinic in Norway today. And they said they don't need the embassy case number to do the medical in Norway 

 

[RandB 156]

On 31.10.2017 at 8:55 AM, Shanne said:

 

Thank you both for your input. I talked to the medical clinic in Norway today. And they said they don't need the embassy case number to do the medical in Norway 

 

Yup, I did my medical before I got my case number.

[RandB 156]

Hi everyone, I have a question about taxes.

 

My wife and I are filing taxes jointly. Should my income from Norway be included on our tax return for 2017? I arrived in the US in March and haven't had an income since. Is it true that my foreign income will be included on the tax return, but that I only have to pay taxes in my home country?

Edited November 2, 2017 by RandB

[Suss&Camm 2,213]

17 minutes ago, RandB said:

Hi everyone, I have a question about taxes.

 

My wife and I are filing taxes jointly. Should my income from Norway be included on our tax return for 2017? I arrived in the US in March and haven't had an income since. Is it true that my foreign income will be included on the tax return, but that I only have to pay taxes in my home country?

Yes, you will use the FEIE (Foreign Earned Income Exclusion - form 2555 or 2555ez if you qualify to use it) and deduct your earned income from your combined total income to figure your MFJ income tax.

[RandB 156]

6 minutes ago, Suss&Camm said:

Yes, you will use the FEIE (Foreign Earned Income Exclusion - form 2555 or 2555ez if you qualify to use it) and deduct your earned income from your combined total income to figure your MFJ income tax.

Thank you for the reply. Just to make sure I am understanding this correctly - my Norwegian income will be included on the tax return, but we will not pay income taxes on it?

[Scandi 4,186]

I filed taxes jointly with my husband in April (before I received my work permit and greencard) and mentioned nothing about anything I had earned in Sweden in 2016. 'Cause I'm a rebel like that. 

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

6 minutes ago, Scandi said:

I filed taxes jointly with my husband in April (before I received my work permit and greencard) and mentioned nothing about anything I had earned in Sweden in 2016. 'Cause I'm a rebel like that. 

 

Even if it is against the rules, I don't think it would be a big deal since you wouldn't need to pay taxes on it twice.    

 

I can't even remember what we did, but I thought 2555 was only for income earned while an LPR or USC, not before.  I could be grossly mistaken about that.

[Suss&Camm 2,213]

2 hours ago, RandB said:

Thank you for the reply. Just to make sure I am understanding this correctly - my Norwegian income will be included on the tax return, but we will not pay income taxes on it?

Yes, you will only report it. It is then excluded from the total income according to the instructions and you figure your tax according to the MFJ table.

[Suss&Camm 2,213]

15 minutes ago, N-o-l-a said:

 

Even if it is against the rules, I don't think it would be a big deal since you wouldn't need to pay taxes on it twice.    

 

I can't even remember what we did, but I thought 2555 was only for income earned while an LPR or USC, not before.  I could be grossly mistaken about that.

It's for any US tax person - which you are if you fulfill the substantial presence or opt to be treated as one as the spouse of a US citizen. If you don't fulfill the substantial presence test you have to opt, or you can't file jointly before becoming an LPR.

 

You opt to be treated as a US tax person for the entire year, not part of it, and any US tax person is required to report worldwide income per US tax laws.

Edited November 2, 2017 by Suss&Camm

[Suss&Camm 2,213]

28 minutes ago, Scandi said:

I filed taxes jointly with my husband in April (before I received my work permit and greencard) and mentioned nothing about anything I had earned in Sweden in 2016. 'Cause I'm a rebel like that. 

Well, I had to file FBAR so my income/transactions would also be traceable plus I was required per US tax law by opting to be treated as a US tax person for the entire year of 2016.

[Scandi 4,186]

Our tax guy didn't even ask about anything related to my income in Sweden (which was tiny in 2016) and he deals with (newly arrived) immigrants all the time, and I wasn't an LPR at the time either. So we didn't bother. He basically just put my name and SSN on my husband's tax papers (I wasn't brought up regarding anything really apart from being exempt from the health insurance penalty thingy, he knew all about it so I never had to use any of the papers or forms I had brought, I even brought my Swedish "deklaration" etc). I'm not worried one bit. 

[Suss&Camm 2,213]

2 minutes ago, Scandi said:

Our tax guy didn't even ask about anything related to my income in Sweden (which was tiny in 2016) and he deals with (newly arrived) immigrants all the time, and I wasn't an LPR at the time either. So we didn't bother. He basically just put my name and SSN on my husband's tax papers (I wasn't brought up regarding anything really apart from being exempt from the health insurance penalty thingy, he knew all about it so I never had to use any of the papers or forms I had brought, I even brought my Swedish "deklaration" etc). I'm not worried one bit. 

 Well it wasn't filed correctly if that's all that was done - I see tax ppl giving wrong advise on that a lot, but to each their own. The fact that he didn't bring your income up at all shows that he didn't know all about it.