I’m not fully understanding your question. You say you were in the U.S. since Aug. 2019, then you say you entered the U.S. in Dec. 2022. Did you go back to your home country?
If you were in the U.S. since Aug. 2019 on an F1 and then became an H1B in Oct. 2022 then you do not meet the substantial presence test so you will file as a nonresident, as Sprintax.com says. File with Sprintax.com. TurboTax does not support nonresident returns.
Nonresidents cannot file joint returns.
If your wife has no U.S.-connected income then she does not have to file a U.S. tax return.
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