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@Budi1782 , agreeing with @RalphH1 on the general requirements @ShirlynW on "how to" of the filing and thanking for your answers to my questions, I need to correct one assumption -- that your spouse was a Non-Resident and filing ( filing 1040-NR ? ) for the years prior to 2022 and after 2019. The error was because J-1 can be for a student/ trainee / teacher/ researcher. The fact that she was exempt from paying taxes for the first two years implies that she was admitted as teacher/ researcher and thus was not an exempt person post two years from the date of entry.
That being the case , yes she would have passed the SPT sometime in 2020. Once you become a resident for tax purposes , you are a resident for all the following years as long as you meet the genera requirements of residency. Thus you do not need any special request to for her to be considered a resident for tax purposes -- she is already one. The days abroad for work/ pleasure -- given the numbers you mentioned -- would have no effect.
Thus please follow the normal TurboTax methods ( as outline by @ShirlynW ) to file your joint return and YES , you should be able to e-file.
Hope that this clarifies everything for you
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