As a J-2 visa holder, you are exempt from counting days for 2015 and 2016. As you are considered as a nonresident, if your spouse who is a resident chooses to make an election to claim you as a resident, then you two can file a form 1040 as residents with filing status Married Filing Jointly. Nonresident Spouse treated as resident
If your spouse does not make the election, she will be filing form 1040 Married Filing Separately and you will file as a nonresident on form 1040-NR. Since TurboTax does not support the form NR, you are suggested to use Sprintax to complete your filing.
