Filing joint tax for spouse abroad

[Apple Bee 272]

On 1/14/2019 at 10:05 PM, CG2020 said:

Went through below IRS website:

it says we can make choice to either file Joint or filing seperatly.

 

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/nonresident-alien-spouse

 

IRS website states: 

Attach a statement, signed by both spouses, to your joint return for the first tax year for which the choice applies. It should contain the following information:

1. A declaration that one spouse was a nonresident alien and the other spouse a U.S. citizen or resident alien on the last day of your tax year, and that you choose to be treated as U.S. residents for the entire tax year
2. The name, address, and identification number of each spouse. (If one spouse died, include the name and address of the person making the choice for the deceased spouse.)

IMO: When they said Identification number, I believe we can put her country’s passport number.

One of my friend filed tax with similar case  by attaching statement signed by both spouse, and attached notarized possport copy from US embassy by paying US $50 and W7 form.

ITIN was not required..

They got refund without any issues.

I think this is how we need to proceed..

 

 

On 1/15/2019 at 7:13 PM, Khallaf said:

I did this for my husband last year as well, I sent a self address prepaid overnight package so they could return his passport, and a letter asking them to do this as quickly as possible and return the passport as he would need it for interview, I got his passport back in 3 weeks from the time I mailed it out.

 

On 1/15/2019 at 8:44 PM, adil-rafa said:

you file him as spouse on the tax returns /can not efile as IRS needs originals of the spouse birth certificate (or other ID) and original of marriage certificate

he fills out the W7 and can email that to you

you can file normally with the w7 and supporting documents included

i did for 2010 when i married and for following 2011, 2012, 2103 and 2014 as he did not get visa till 2015

I'm in Morocco for one more week. How can I get a copy of my husband's passport certified here? I don't want to take his passport back to US with me and I don't trust sending it to the IRS with the way things are currently.

Edited January 24, 2019 by Apple Bee

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

5 hours ago, Apple Bee said:

 

 

I'm in Morocco for one more week. How can I get a copy of my husband's passport certified here? I don't want to take his passport back to US with me and I don't trust sending it to the IRS with the way things are currently.

why passport?  '

 

it is the only "stand alone" document to prove birth and  country but it is not needed

 

get a birth certificate and marriage  license and  file those with W7

[Apple Bee 272]

2 minutes ago, adil-rafa said:

why passport?  '

 

it is the only "stand alone" document to prove birth and  country but it is not needed

 

get a birth certificate and marriage  license and  file those with W7

Oh thank you! I didn't realize that was an option. It seemed like everywhere I was reading, a passport or a certified copy of it had to be submitted with the W7. Have any idea if regular photocopies of the two certificates would be acceptable for the IRS?

[geowrian 22,337]

A photo ID must be included and on the list of supported documents (page 3):

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw7.pdf

"3. The documentation you provide must be current (that is, not expired).

 

There are 13 acceptable documents, as shown in the table below. At least one document must contain your photograph, unless you’re a dependent under age 14 (under age 18 if a student). You may later be required by the IRS to provide a certified translation of foreign-language documents."