fr-magaly
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Get your taxes done using TurboTax

Yes, you will be in trouble. Rules are more than clear:

On a J1 visa as a non-student you are a nonresident alien for the first 2 calendar years.

In your case year 2013 and 2014. Usually is always better to file jointly unless your wife was outside of the U.S making a lot of money, because her worldwide income is taxable, but she was unemployed so you should had file jointly to maximize your return. I will definitely go and talk with that company.