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@arunkesi We still need to know when you and your spouse first came to the USA  with the H-1B and the F-1 ( as asked for my  Super-User @mesquitebean . Were there other visits to the USA during the last five years?   Which country are you from ?  ( India ? )

 

Assuming that   (a) you  came to the USA early in 2018  and therefore  passed the substantial presence test during 2018  with H-1 visa ;   (b) Spouse  has been in the USA with F-1   longer but has not finished the  5 year  exemption period;  and (c) you were married  by the end of 2018 ------->   you should have been filing a form 1040 as a resident for tax purposes;  your wife , even though married , should have filed  a form 1040-NR with filing status married.    Even though I suspect from your post that both of you have SSN and therefore were able to use TurboTax  to file a joint 1040 return, the above assumptions , if true, does not allow  this.

You would need to amend your return using TurboTax and she would have to file a form 1040-NR  ( not supported by TurboTax -- SprinTax, their partner supports this )

 

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