KeshaH
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You can file jointly for federal purposes even though you lived in different states.

 

For New York, you'd file the same way as you filed for federal purposes. If you file Married Filing Jointly, you'd just need to file a part-year return and only allocate your wife's income.

 

For New Jersey, you can choose to file Married Filing Separately since your wife was a nonresident of New Jersey for the whole year.