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@S2N @JeanneAdil @Crazy Cat I want to say thank you for help but i am just more confused. forgive me for not knowing enough for tax rules. can you provide me some guidence based on my updated case I (us citizen) married my foreign wife in 2023. i file my 2023 and 2024 taxes Married filing separately and entered wife's ssn NRA. I already paid my taxes for 2023 and 2024. wife's country and us has tax treaty according to google. wife entered usa with cr1 visa in 2025. she got her ssn and green card. wife worked abroad during 2023 and 2024 and her income was 15k in USD for entire year. this is how much she made in each year from her job. ( NOTE: want to amend my 2023 and 2024 tax return ONLY BECAUSE IF I CAN GET SOME MONEY BACK from IRS. Financial need is my only reason for amending. i don't think i have to amend because i did everything right as far as taxes while cr1 process ) now my basic questions are: 1- Can i just fill 1040x and is that the only form i need to mail? 2- is Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE) another form? 3 - how will i know if amending will give me any tax benefit? i am assuming it will because i will get a different tax bracket and my wife made a little income (15k a year) 4- will amending have any disadvantages? i hope i'm not asking wrong questions, again thank you if you can point me to right direction.

thank you so much. i just have simple follow up questions. 1 - my wifes country has tax treaty between us. (i just googled). can i just convert her total income and enter it in USD as exchange rate last year? 2. is 1040x online or paper? i filed my taxes using turbotax. is there any other form besides 1040x? 3. my wife had income i foreign currency and when i convert it to usd, it makes less than 10k$. how do i submit proof of income? they don't have w2s etc in her country. there is only money coming in monthly to her checking account. thats it.

Hello dear community, i(us citizen) filed my taxes last year as married filing seperatly because my spouse was abroad and did not have ssn. she entered usa with cr1 visa, and got her ssn. please i'm seeking help with 3 questions: 1 - does it make sense (financially) to ammend the tax return? do people get money back when they ammend? 2 - how is it the process? is it easy? (i used taxact online website) 3 - how do i include my wife's foreign income (she made 12k $ entire year in foreign currency) any help is appreciated. thank you..

hello, nobody in this situation except me? still looking for an answer for this.

Hi everyone, I created my USCIS account. I entered country with cr1 visa and my green card has not been mailed yet. I recently moved, so I submitted a change of address through my USCIS online account. But I never got a confirmation email, and under the "Submissions" tab, it says “You have no submissions.” I’ve seen some people here mention checking your "Profile" section, but I don’t see anything labeled “Profile” in my account—just “My Account” and “Settings.” Does anyone know how I can verify if my address update went through? Should I contact USCIS support? Or is there something I need to enable to see more options? I'll add a screenshot of what I see in my account in case it's helpful. Thanks in advance for any help

hi, my fear is that they will mail my green card to old address. i don't know if they updated my address or not. any thoughts?

thank you. i already updated my address through uscis account it has been more than 7 days but my submission doesn't appear. should i also mail the form? i don't know what to do, should i mail the form as well or just wait?

Dear members, i arrived usa with cr1 visa 2 months ago. I didn't recieve my green card yet. I paid immigration fee and when i track my card it says "fee was recieved" now i moved to new address. I updated my address with USICS however letter I was given at the airport says " you must notify nearest CIS office if you move " Is this a different office that I need to update my address? What is CIS office? Do i need to go in person to update my address? I am just confused about what to do for address change. please if anyone can clear this confusing, i will appriciate. thank you.

thank you i will mail ar-11 form now. i will also update my address as sponsor. last question please: is it okay if i mail these on 12th day of move? i know there is a 10day rule but i don't know if this will be a problem. earlierst i can mail is tomorrow which will be 12day after our move.

hello again, i just logged into uscis account and my submission doesn't appear. it says "you have no submissions" even though i submitted it last week. is this normal? should i submit a new address change? I submitted the request 5 days ago. it says it can take up to 2 days for it to appear but still nothing. if you can guide me, i will appreciate it. thank you.

oh thanks. so us citizen spouse must also file address change? and it has to be physical mail not online?

hello, in the past, years ago, when we update address online we used to enter our OLD and NEW address and date of move. I just filled a form online on USCIS website however it only asked my A number and new address. i also entered receipt number that i track my green card - not NVC number (i entered as cr1 visa) i worry if i used a wrong form. is this all i need to know for address change requirement? thank you for any guidance.

online tool also did not ask me the date of move, is this normal?

thank you both for answers, can you please help me understand one last thing. i just created a USCIS online account use their tool to change address. i only entered: A number, Case number (uscis fee generated a case number, not the NVC number) and new address. it did not ask me my current address, it only asked me my name, date of birth, new address and A-number. is this correct? is there another place/tool for this. (i am cr1 visa holder, waiting for green card) in the past, people said, they used to enter their current (old) and new address. i hope i didn't make a mistake.

Hello dear community, i'm moving to a new address. I have not received our green card yet after entering the usa with cr1 visa. When I check the status it still says "payment received" I updated my address with USPS and USCIS. is this enough? since we updated we did not reiece any notification of address change yet (it has been more than a month) is this normal? is there anything else i can do to make sure USCIS doesn't send mail to old address? thank you in advance.

thank you both again, my last question really is, until our conditional green card expires, is there any form do we need to fill? or anything we should do or complete or notify? (besides address updates with uscis) anything we are supposed to do other than updating address when moved? my wife moved into my apartment and we didn't fill or submit any forms since she entered the usa. i'm asking because i am hearing people lose their green card for missing small things these days and they get into trouble when removing conditions. so far we got our ssn but no green card. my wife moved into my apartment and we didn't fill or submit any forms since she entered the usa. thank you.

thank you both, it looks exactly like this. one last question please if you can help me understand this, i can't find i94 record for my spouse. is this normal, it says "record not found" is i94 not available or needed for green card holders?

hi, yes it has a date on it. it doesn't say entry date but it has a date when we entered.

hello dear community, my spouse entered the usa (ny airport) with cr1 visa. She got admitted and they put a stamp on her passport. This stamp only says CLASS: CR1 It doesn't have any expiration date It doesn't have anything like "Upon Endorsement Serves as Temporary I-551 Evidencing Permanent Residence of 1 Year" We need to travel and come back in october, In october my spouses' cr1 visa will be expired. If she doesn't receive the actual plastic green card, will we have a problem entering? I am reading that most i551 stamps have this statement ("upon...." any advise will be appreciated. thank you.

hi yes we paid before arriving. can you please share which website i can use to track?

as the title says, it has been more than 3 months since i arrived the usa and i never got my physical green card. i am anxious to carry passport. i don't have any numbers to query as well. What should i do other than waiting if any? thanks community.

hi, so you are saying if she lived in the usa, she does NOT need a police report right? so we are good?

thank you, i don't know what tt electronic post-mark is when i e-filed my taxes with turbotax, it generated a 1040 form. it has all my info. but it doesn't have any signuture, so is it okay if i simply forward that pdf to my spouse? or do i have to print, sign (there is no place to sign btw) and mail?

i was afraid this would happen to me. even though many people (and i agree with them) say no need to bring 2024 taxes or fill a new i864 form(now there is an updated version). so with this info, do people think i should print, fill and upload a new i864? (i am the petitioner) Also, do i need to sign my 1040 tax return? i just emailed a copy but it was generated by turbo tax and i didn't sign. thanks for advice.

Hi pushbrk, I have similar question - my wife was a student for 1 year in new york. Does she need police clearance because she lived in new york more than 6 months? She did not work, she just went to school. She was on F1 visa but she departed before we got married.