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Thank you Both, that's what I figured but wanted to confirm!

Hi All, My wife and I recently bought a property but before we move there's some work that needs to be done - so it will be around a month or so before we move over there permanently. Now I know we need to notify USCIS of a "change of address" within 10 days. Is there any specific information as what they consider "change of address"? We already received mail over at the new property (mostly just spam, but also home-insurance docs and utilities) but currently we still reside (and have our bank accounts etc.) at our original address. Do we need to let USCIS know now or only once we physically relocate? Thank you in advance.

Thank you all again, very good insights here. My degree, and work experience, is from the UK, from one of the top universities (Ivy league equivalent) so should be accepted here without too many issues. The idea with temp jobs might not be a bad one - how / what is the best way to look for them? Indeed and LinkedIn don't seem to list them from what I've seen. I did that, but so far nothing. No one even looked at my LinkedIn profile within the last two months... I used the LinkedIn Premium Trial to message a few, but not one has read my message or even looked on my profile. I'll look into recruiting agencies though, thank you. I also tried applying / looking for internships, but at least around LA they require you to be enrolled in a university program and have proof of such.

Thank you everyone for those suggestions and ideas. I'll take them into account and let you know how it goes

I do agree with that, however I am applying across the spectrum, from tiny companies all the way to giants like Boeing. Just to get in somewhere, after that I'll have more leverage (and at least income).

Hmm fair enough but the only degrees above what I have would be MBA or PhD, both of which I don't believe would qualify for this?

Thank you both for the good advice. The ideas, especially #2 sounds very good. For #1 I've noticed for the big companies it's usually "faceless" and difficult to find out who department head / hiring manager is. For city, I live near LA, so looking for jobs in LA, there's no shortage of postings thankfully. Most companies I've applied for ask for that during the automatic profile creation thing, but I can double-down on the resume if that's helpful.

I immigrated at the beginning of the year to the US on IR1 and have since been looking for work. However, so far, after 2 months of trying, I have not had a single call-back, job interview, or even invite. Just a few rejections and mostly radio silence. I've finished an MEng degree, which doesn't seem to be known here, so wondering if that's an issue? I also have 3.5 years of work experience, but with nearly a year gap due to COVID lay-offs in 2020/21 and then I quit my job in Dec. 2022 to move to the US and no work since - is that an issue? Furthermore, the jobs I had, I was being rotated through various departments on an as-needed basis, so I don't have technical skills in a specific area but rather a wide variety of skills in lots of areas. I did look at how to tailor resumes for the US market, how to apply, and had my resume looked at by multiple people that said it's strong, but even so, nothing as of yet. I am wondering if either the MEng or the gaps are red flags and if so how can I overcome them? From what I've seen MEng is pretty much equivalent to MS, just more engineering focused, so when the online portal only lets me choose between BS, MS and PhD, I choose MS. I've seen it's now a numbers game, and I'm applying to a big number of jobs, so that should not be it. Could it also be that recruiters think my resume is fake, as the companies on it are based in the UK?

I don't remember the exact wording as we've now filed MFS for her and not filed for me, using TaxAct. Seemed more straightforward than TurboTax. Going to file for me next year. It could've been "resident alien".

Hi, so I moved to the US on IR1 Visa on the 11th of Jan 2023. Before that my wife and I lived and worked in the UK. My wife always filed as married, filing separately, as I didn't have ITIN / SSN / Green Card. She always claimed foreign income exclusion, as her income was from UK employer and she paid taxes there. She's done that with a CPA through her parents. Now, since we want to "take matters into our own hands", I started filing taxes using TurboTax, as that seems to be the recommended place to file both State (CA) and Federal taxes for "newbies". Trying to fill this out, we thought going down the married filing jointly route - is that correct? Even though I was not a LPR nor had an SSN in 2022? If so, we've come to a weird TurboTax thing - the foreign income for her she can exclude no problem. For me, it asks if I'm US Citizen - No, so then it asks if I was LPR in 2022 - again No. It then says "since XXX was a nonresident Alien in 2022, XXX must file form 1040NR, ..., unless XXX was married to a US Resident" (now the last part is a Yes). "We don't include form 1040NR on TurboTax". It then tells us that we owe quite a bit in taxes - because my foreign income did not get excluded. However, I believe this to be incorrect as a foreigner with no green card in 2022 I don't owe the IRS anything, right? So my question is - should we proceed with this, and file this form 1040NR somehow separately, or is it not worth the hassle and for 2022 she should still file as married filing separately and I'll only start filing for 2023, the year I actually became resident? If the latter, will this provide a hurdle for N400 3-year rule down the line? What does VJ recommend? Thank you!