Khallaf

a friend of mine her husband is from Egypt it took over 2 years for him to arrive, she filed single both years amended the return after he arrived, and he is now a USC, as the IRS does not keep records of each persons marital status, it doesn't hurt anyone but the person who is filing the tax's due to the higher tax bracket.

I never have but people have done it and then amended later and no issues came of it. when you are in a bind and you need them sooner rather than later it is perfectly fine to file single/

The timeline to stay out of USA is as follows: The temp stamp in your passport serves as a temp green card but only for 1 year from the date of the stamp. if you stay out less than 6 months out of the year there is no issues over 6 months but less than 1 year you will disrupt your ability to file citizenship and the continued residency requirement resets. if you are out over 1 year with no reentry permit, you have abandoned your green card, and will have to start the process over from scratch.

people have filed single even though married many times, there is no issue if its a temp situation and you can go back and amend the return when spouse arrives. filing single puts you in a higher tax bracket so it helps the government. I know that this response is a bit delayed but there is no issue filing single for the short term until the spouse arrives.

If you want your child to come to USA, most certainly wife is not needed to travel, I think you are capable of taking care of your own child, if it is the expense for the child while you work, and you have no other family certainly would be best for the child to stay in the country with your wife, as millions of babies are born and survive in Egypt. With the surgery it all depends on the depth and complexity of the surgery, I had surgery on my dominant side, to fix a rotator cuff, and a torn labrum. My husband might have been here but was working a lot, and I was left to my own devices and had no issues. I know that you want your family here as soon as possible and the waiting game is hard, I am not trying to dimmish what you experience, but we will only know what we are capable of when we are forced to go at it alone.