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Wifey is in South korea

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NetGuySC

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Hi,

My wife is living in South Korea, she is not a citizen of the US yet (probably never will be) and will be moving here soon.

How would I be able to claim her on my taxes. My accountant seems very unfimiliar on this subject.

I read where I could claim her and her income then exclude her income if below $45k, but the info telling of how to do this is dated 1997.

Does anyone know the details of doing this?

 
Hmm, you should see a tax preparer experienced in this area. Most are not unfortunately.

Will she be living with you for good? If she was in SK for all of '02 and you're trying to use her on 02 taxes as a married filing jointly I'm almost positive that you cannot do that because she wasn't in the country for more than 180 days during 02.

Will you sponsor her for a greencard or what's going to happen?
 
Heh, I was going to suggest you ask Skoorb because he has a South Korean mistress, but it looks like he already showed up to help!

😉😛
 
Yes she lived in Korea during 02, we married here in July 25, 2002 and then there on Oct 20, 2002

I just know that she doesn't want to become a citizen for she will have to give up her Korean citizenship.

I had a web page explaining that claimed and shown how I could claim married filing jointly .. can't find it yet .. but it is dated 1997.

Let me find that page and I will post it here.

Also am finding it difficult coming up with a baby name that we both like ... baby girl due end of April. any suggestions? 🙂
 
You can look into it further but I doubt that she can file with you. Eitherway she'll almost certainly need, if not an SSN, a tad ID and that has to be applied for through INS (I believe INS gives out tax ids as opposed to IRS). Then you would put that down as her SSN where it asks for that on the tax form.

In regards to citizenship is that a SK rule? I think that when you become a US citizen you swear off other citizenships but there is a loophole - many countries do not recognize a person swearing off their original citizenship so in fact you can become a dual citizen.
 

Yes South Korea does not allow dual citizenship

here is a web page explaining the filing jointly process but thought it may have changed since 1997 or 98 whenever it was written.

link

Skoorb, are you married to a Korean lady? any advice? 🙂
 
Originally posted by: NetGuySC
Yes South Korea does not allow dual citizenship

here is a web page explaining the filing jointly process but thought it may have changed since 1997 or 98 whenever it was written.

link
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Is that guy a professional...?
Sure. File a joint income tax return. Even if your spouse moved here at the very end of December, and you were married on the very last day of the year, and even if you haven't filed for Adjustment of Status yet, you can file a joint income tax return.
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Seems very iffy. I know for a fact that for instance when I moved from Canada to the US I did it in the latter half of the year (2001), so when it came tax season I had to file taxes not as a US resident, but as a Canadian resident. 2002 since I was in the US more than half the year I could file as a US resident. I don't see how somebody coming in the last day of 2002 could qualify to have them taxed as a US resident (in your case the married filing jointly). You should try and contact a tax professional versed in this area, or if you don't want to spend the money visit the message board at
here
 
She needs an ITIN # like Skoorb said. Its issued by the IRS instead of INS though. You can get the form from here and bring it back to the IRS office. Don't know how fast they process these stuff.

Also, even if she doesn't want to drop her SK citizenship, there's no provision for her from becoming a permanent resident (aka: Greencard holder). I would get that all the applications rolling immediately since it might take a while. She should've no problem obtaining a temporary greencard for the first 2 years, the only problem is time.
 
Not quick enough for me !! INS should have had the paperwork completed in Dec ... still collecting dust there 🙁
 
Originally posted by: NetGuySC
Yes she lived in Korea during 02, we married here in July 25, 2002 and then there on Oct 20, 2002

I just know that she doesn't want to become a citizen for she will have to give up her Korean citizenship.

I had a web page explaining that claimed and shown how I could claim married filing jointly .. can't find it yet .. but it is dated 1997.

Let me find that page and I will post it here.

Also am finding it difficult coming up with a baby name that we both like ... baby girl due end of April. any suggestions? 🙂
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dude..u married on my 21st bday!! aha so someone got married on my 21st bday...coooolstuff dude..ahahaha neways...

 
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