You do not need to send a marriage certificate, but you DO need to make an election to treat her as a Resident. You can not make this election within TurboTax, so you need to manually make the election and mail it with your tax return.
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If she has ANY income from ANYWHERE in the world, it will need to be added to the tax return.
