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We will get a join sponsor. Our sponsor was earing $18.54 an hour last month. She recently got a raised to $20.47. Does she just needs times her current hourly $20.47 * (40 hours a week) * 52? 20.47 * 40 * 52 = 42,577.60? So I'm guessing I put $42,577.60 in Part 6. Sponsor's Employment and Income Part 7? Does it matter what my sponsor used earn hourly last month?

I usually use the bona fide residence. I'm guessing the physical presence test is if I'm outside the USA for more than 330 days? Since I was only in Guam for 2 days and I was outside the United States for 363 days from October 2022 to October 2023. I'm guessing the physical presence test will work?

@Redro @Ayrton @kzielu @Mike E @Crazy Cat I do file my taxes everywhere year. The correct answer was that I will not be double tax in Japan and the US. I was more concern about being double tax because Japan already takes a big chunk of my salary and I was worried that the US will take it's cut because I will stay more than 30 days in the US....but that will not be the case. My other question. For form 2555, do I have to do bona fide residence or physical presence test?

Yes. Do you have any idea if I have to pay taxes or not? thank you. @Redro I apologize for disturbing you. But while I was looking at your timeline (You helped me in my previous question). I saw you and your husband move to the US last year in September 2022. I'm guessing you and your husband was earning income in South Korea before you moved to the US. If it's okay for me to ask, how did you and your husband dealt with the income earned in South Korea while filing out the 2022 taxes for the US? Also, Did you and your husband had to pay taxes to the IRS from your South Korean income because you and your husband stayed in the US for more than 30 days? I hope I'm making proper sense. Thank you.

@Crazy Cat @EM_Vandaveer Maybe I said it incorrectly. Since I made less than 100K USD a year, I don't have to the pay the IRS any money from what I earned in Japan. My question is, do I have to pay taxes on what I earned in Japan because I'll come back to the US this October and will be staying there till the end of the year?

I'm planning to come back to the United States in October. I've lived in Japan for most of the time in 2023, but I visited Guam for 2 days in March 2023. Long story short, I've lived in Japan for a long time and I've been tax except from paying any taxes to the IRS. My question is, do I need to pay taxes to the IRS on what I earned in Japan when I file my 2023 taxes? The reason why I'm asking is because if I'm right, I need to pay taxes to the IRS if I stayed more than 30 days in the US. Also, since I'm coming back in October and will stay in the US till the end of the year, It will be more than 30 days.

@Redro @pushbrk Thank you.

@Crazy Cat @Redro @mam521 @JeanneAdil @pushbrk @SalishSea @GP1977 Thank you for all the replies. It took me a while to reply to this thread because I got extremely busy. We are located in Japan. As for finance. Like I said before, we are stable. We have about 700k - one million USD to show the officer. However, most of our money is in Japan. Japan Yen is weak at the moment. I was more worried about the Unemployment benefits that we were getting because I have no clue if the Officer will ask if we taking unemployment or not. As of now, I'm currently looking for a job in the US.

When it comes to how I'm going to show proof that I will move back to the US. I will show bank statements, credit card, flight ticket, etc. I've been following what other people posted in this website and it went well in my NVC stage. My concern is my unemployment benefits end about a week after the interview. I'm not sure if I should delay the interview or not because I'm afraid the Interview Officer might ask if I'm taking unemployment benefits or not. Also, I'm afraid the he/she denies my spouse her US visa. Does anyone know if the Interview Officer ever ask the question if we are taking unemployment benefits or not while being unemployed? While searching in this website, the people who were taking unemployment benefits where doing it in the US. Thank you and I appreciate any suggestions/feedback.

My spouse and I are both unemployed and getting unemployment benefits after our job ended a couple of months ago. We are not getting the benefits from the US, but in the country that we are residing in. We have a CR1 interview within a month. We prepared everything and it seems like everything we have to get the visa is great. However, we have been getting unemployment for a couple of months after our job end. Like any country that gives people unemployment, we have to find a job in the current country that we reside in to get the benefits. So my question is will getting unemployment benefits be an issue when my spouse does the interview? We are willing to get out of the unemployment benefits once my spouse gets the visa. Also, financially, we are stable and have more than the requirements for the poverty guidelines.