If you do not choose to treat your nonresident spouse as a U.S. resident, you may be able to use head of household filing status. To use this status, you must pay more than half the cost of maintaining a household for certain dependents or relatives other than your nonresident alien spouse. For more information, refer to
Head of Household
and
Publication 501, Exemptions, Standard Deduction, and Filing Information
.
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/nonresident-alien-spouse
