I came to US in 2019 and have a H1B visa. My wife (H4) came to US in 2019 and lived with me until she travel back to our original country with our daughter at the end of 2023. They stayed outside of US for the whole 2024. When I choose the "State of residence" for her, should I choose "a nonresident alien or dual-status alien spouse" and then choose YES for "treat her as a U.S. resident for the entire tax year"?
Another question is I am stucked in process of putting my daugter's information. She is a US citizen. When I came with the question "Did IRIS live with you for the whole year?", shoud I choose YES? Because if I treat my wife as US Resident for tax purposes and file tax jointly, then my daughter lives with my wife and also can cout lived with me. If I choose NO and "lived with me for 0 month", and finish all question then system will say "Don't go yet, we're missing info for IRIS" "We don't have enough information about IRIS right now."
Thanks for your opinoin.
