How can I file jointly as an F1 married to a US citizen

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3 minutes ago, midwinterrose said:

This is the exact document we signed and sent along with our tax return, just change the generic info to your own.  We had to paper-file our return because I couldn't find any tax software that would allow me to upload this extra document.  That was at the beginning of COVID, so it took MONTHS to process our return.  It took so long that the IRS paid us a few dollars in interest, that I then had to report as income on our next year's return. 🤷‍♀️

TaxResidencyStatement_Sample (1).pdf 2.88 kB · 3 downloads

 And that is pretty much the exact statement I have posted many times that we created (based on Pub 519 instructions) and mailed with our tax return the year I entered the US and had no greencard or enough substantial  presence.