filing for spouse (split topic)

[habib1990 18]

Hi,

 

i have a question regarding my friend, His spose is a US citizen  but currently in UAE but she will be moving to Pakistan in following weeks, She has never worked in the US but overseas she has. 

 

How will she file for him? and where will she email the paperwork to ?

since she hasnt worked in the US, she is planning on using her family to sponsor.

 

Please advise as how they she can apply for IR1 visa and how they immigrate here?

 

thank you

[Just Paul 4,595]

15 minutes ago, habib1990 said:

Hi,

 

i have a question regarding my friend, His spose is a US citizen  but currently in UAE but she will be moving to Pakistan in following weeks, She has never worked in the US but overseas she has. 

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How will she file for him? and where will she email the paperwork to ?

since she hasnt worked in the US, she is planning on using her family to sponsor.

 

Please advise as how they she can apply for IR1 visa and how they immigrate here?

 

thank you

I'd advise your friend to get a free account here and read the guides at the top of the page.  She is going to have many issues to deal with like filing back taxes and establishing domicile in the US.

[habib1990 18]

ok, but she will have to file back taxes here ? and would that establish domicle here in the us?

 

or are their any other specifics things you have to do to establish domicile in the US

[Ryan H 3,812]

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[Just Paul 4,595]

7 minutes ago, habib1990 said:

ok, but she will have to file back taxes

 

Yes, if she owes them to the US

 

7 minutes ago, habib1990 said:

are their any other specifics things you have to do to establish domicile in the US

She needs to use the search field in the upper right of each page.   Plenty of info already here.

[geowrian 22,337]

She will need to both have her taxes filed (if required to file...USCs are taxed on worldwide income) AND US domicile (or show sufficient intent to establish US domicile). She will also need to be able to financially sponsor her spouse (see the I-864), either directly or with the help of a joint sponsor.

Edited June 29, 2019 by geowrian

[Crazy Cat 41,898]

36 minutes ago, habib1990 said:

Hi,

 

i have a question regarding my friend, His spose is a US citizen  but currently in UAE but she will be moving to Pakistan in following weeks, She has never worked in the US but overseas she has. 

 

How will she file for him? and where will she email the paperwork to ?

since she hasnt worked in the US, she is planning on using her family to sponsor.

 

Please advise as how they she can apply for IR1 visa and how they immigrate here?

 

thank you

Where do they plan to live?

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

If you are a U.S. citizen or resident alien, the rules for filing income, estate, and gift tax returns and paying estimated tax are generally the same whether you are in the United States or abroad. Your worldwide income is subject to U.S. income tax, regardless of where you reside.

from the IRS site below:

 

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/us-citizens-and-resident-aliens-abroad

 

from the following IRS site also is this:

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/social-security-tax-consequences-of-working-abroad

When Social Security and Medicare Taxes Apply Outside of the United States

In general, U.S. social security and Medicare taxes continue to apply to wages for services you perform as an employee outside of the United States if one of the following applies:

 

your USC friend needs to look at the IRS information and file all tax returns for the years worked outside the US/ there is a tax exempt from federal taxes but she will owe as said above into Social security and medicare (the amount will be according to the tables on tax instructions

she will be the primary sponsor and can use parents as cosponsor