Taxes while waiting for adjustment of status

[Jeannette Margari 0]

Hello everybody, I arrived to United states through k1 Visa, on October we started the adjustment of status process, whith the employment authorization, I had my fingerprints taken on Nov 2019, but nothing yet, my question is, how do we make taxes together with my husband, if i don't have any document to do it? 

[DianaandJoel 1]

I am sorry I don't know much about the topic but what I do know is you can get a number to do it. I am living abroad and waiting on my immigration process but my husband took my passport and talked to the people helping him with his taxes, they sent the passport somewhere and they assigned a number for me.

[rubanitka 15]

15 hours ago, Jeannette Margari said:

Hello everybody, I arrived to United states through k1 Visa, on October we started the adjustment of status process, whith the employment authorization, I had my fingerprints taken on Nov 2019, but nothing yet, my question is, how do we make taxes together with my husband, if i don't have any document to do it? 

First you need to establish if you can be qualified as "resident for tax purpose", see the 183 day rule on the IRS website.

Second if you don't have SSN, you'd need too apply for ITIN. This alone takes about 6 weeks according to the IRS website.

In the meantime you can calculate using turbotax approx how much your family can save by applying jointly vs separately. Then decide for yourself, if its worth the trouble.