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I have been reading the IRS 519 publication for more than an hour trying to make sense of how to file our taxes jointly. My husband arrived here in July (less than 183 day rule for the healthcare exemption). He got his green card Feb of this year...I am trying to figure out the Resident Alien status or Non-Status. Correct me if I'm wrong, he would be Non-Resident Alien?

 

Also, his earned income in a foreign country, where can I include it? I cannot do a W-2 form because we don't have his  Employer Identification Number (EIN) - FreeTaxUSA isn't accepting the income without an EIN. 

 

I am trying to do this without going to a tax preparer. Any guidance would be helpful. 

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38 minutes ago, tampa83 said:

I have been reading the IRS 519 publication for more than an hour trying to make sense of how to file our taxes jointly. My husband arrived here in July (less than 183 day rule for the healthcare exemption). He got his green card Feb of this year...I am trying to figure out the Resident Alien status or Non-Status. Correct me if I'm wrong, he would be Non-Resident Alien?

 

Also, his earned income in a foreign country, where can I include it? I cannot do a W-2 form because we don't have his  Employer Identification Number (EIN) - FreeTaxUSA isn't accepting the income without an EIN. 

 

I am trying to do this without going to a tax preparer. Any guidance would be helpful. 

There are threads here for the statement to be considered a resident alien for the tax year, and for the form for declaring worldwide income.

 

For me, personally, doing taxes hurts my brain, and I was used to having my brother prepare things when I lived in Canada, so for our first filing after I arrived in the US we did pay a preparer who knew about these things, just to be safe.  It was less than $200, so while that is pricey, to us it was worth it to not deal with the headache.

 

Again, search for the threads on here relating to the above noted.  MANY folks here did it themselves successfully, and there’s probably a lot of helpful info in there.

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23 minutes ago, Cryssiekins said:

There are threads here for the statement to be considered a resident alien for the tax year, and for the form for declaring worldwide income.

 

For me, personally, doing taxes hurts my brain, and I was used to having my brother prepare things when I lived in Canada, so for our first filing after I arrived in the US we did pay a preparer who knew about these things, just to be safe.  It was less than $200, so while that is pricey, to us it was worth it to not deal with the headache.

 

Again, search for the threads on here relating to the above noted.  MANY folks here did it themselves successfully, and there’s probably a lot of helpful info in there.

Thank you - I might have to go that route, after searching I found out FreeTaxUSA doesn't support foreign income 😕 

What a headache. 

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3 minutes ago, tampa83 said:

Thank you - I might have to go that route, after searching I found out FreeTaxUSA doesn't support foreign income 😕 

What a headache. 

It is a headache. 

 

My last employer in Canada had a program in HR where you could “self fund” time off work.  So when we first got engaged, I took advantage of it.  By the time I had visa and hand, I had just over 6 months worth of savings, that they paid me bi-weekly.  Definitely helped with the no working until the EAD came, but it messed up our taxes for 2 years.

 

For me, the headache of trying to sort it out was too much.

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12 minutes ago, LizM said:

The third option is simply that you choose to. I don't know the exact requirements but I think people married to USCs can do this.

Anybody married to a USC or LPR can elect to be treated as a US tax resident for the tax year. Being a US tax resident for the entire year is required for filing jointly.

Option 2 is to file separately, although in most cases this results in a greater tax liability.

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Germany
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6 hours ago, tampa83 said:

I have been reading the IRS 519 publication for more than an hour trying to make sense of how to file our taxes jointly. My husband arrived here in July (less than 183 day rule for the healthcare exemption). He got his green card Feb of this year...I am trying to figure out the Resident Alien status or Non-Status. Correct me if I'm wrong, he would be Non-Resident Alien?

 

Also, his earned income in a foreign country, where can I include it? I cannot do a W-2 form because we don't have his  Employer Identification Number (EIN) - FreeTaxUSA isn't accepting the income without an EIN. 

 

I am trying to do this without going to a tax preparer. Any guidance would be helpful. 

We just did exactly the same thing and luckily we had the full Turbotax version for free. If you'd like, send me a direct message and I will send you the numbers of the form we used to report my foreign earned income and the letter we sent to elect me as a resident for tax purposes. We had an appointment with the IRS this week because I had to apply for an ITIN because the SSA screwed everything up and I didn't get a SSN until my I-94 expired. Long story short, they accepted all of our paperwork.

K1

2018-02-09: I-129F sent

2018-02-15: NOA1

2018-08-16: NOA2

2018-10-11: Interview 

2018-10-19: Visa received

2018-12-06: US entry

2018-12-15: Wedding

 

AOS/EAD/AP

2019-02-26: Filed

2019-03-05: NOA

2019-06-12: Approved

 

Lifting Conditions (I-751)

Potomac Service Center

2021-05-07: Filed

2021-05-12: NOA

2021-08-26: Biometrics

2023-03-11: 48-month extension letter received

2024-02-07: RFE 

2024-02-14: Response to RFE received

2024-02-15: I-751 approved

 

Citizenship (N-400)

2024-04-02: Filed

2024-04-03: NOA

Biometrics reused

2024-08-08: Interview (Approved same day)

2024-08-17: Oath Ceremony

 

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On 3/9/2019 at 10:47 PM, ST_RO said:

We just did exactly the same thing and luckily we had the full Turbotax version for free. If you'd like, send me a direct message and I will send you the numbers of the form we used to report my foreign earned income and the letter we sent to elect me as a resident for tax purposes. We had an appointment with the IRS this week because I had to apply for an ITIN because the SSA screwed everything up and I didn't get a SSN until my I-94 expired. Long story short, they accepted all of our paperwork.

Can I DM you for this as well? I don't see anywhere on turbotax to report foreign income and our IRS appointment is tomorrow!

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Germany
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1 hour ago, UnitedStatesGuy said:

Can I DM you for this as well? I don't see anywhere on turbotax to report foreign income and our IRS appointment is tomorrow!

Sure! Happy to help if I can. 

K1

2018-02-09: I-129F sent

2018-02-15: NOA1

2018-08-16: NOA2

2018-10-11: Interview 

2018-10-19: Visa received

2018-12-06: US entry

2018-12-15: Wedding

 

AOS/EAD/AP

2019-02-26: Filed

2019-03-05: NOA

2019-06-12: Approved

 

Lifting Conditions (I-751)

Potomac Service Center

2021-05-07: Filed

2021-05-12: NOA

2021-08-26: Biometrics

2023-03-11: 48-month extension letter received

2024-02-07: RFE 

2024-02-14: Response to RFE received

2024-02-15: I-751 approved

 

Citizenship (N-400)

2024-04-02: Filed

2024-04-03: NOA

Biometrics reused

2024-08-08: Interview (Approved same day)

2024-08-17: Oath Ceremony

 

 
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