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US Citizen living in US; filing Head of Household for US citizen children still living abroad with NRA wife?
I am a US citizen who moved back to the US March 2024.
I have two children that are US citizens and a wife that is a NRA. They are still living abroad.
We are living separate because of work and waiting for my wife's visa to come through.
Until this year, I have filed as "Head of Household" because I was living with my family abroad (EDIT: And I was not electing to report my wife as a "resident alien") , however this year I'm not sure what to do. My question is :
Am I allowed to file "Head of Household" because I am sending/paying money to my family abroad, even though I am not living there?
OR this year, should I file as "Married Filing Separately" because I'm not physically living with the dependents I would be claiming?
OR, is "Head of Household" okay because, as the US citizen, I would be the only one claiming the children as dependents anyway? (My wife is not filing US taxes, thereby also not claiming the children as dependents)