I'm married and just turned from F1 to H1B in Oct 2019. If I made my First Year Choice, I would be considered as Resident Alien at the end of 2019. Based on that, could we elect "Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident" and file MFJ over the whole year 2019? Could we claim the standard deduction?
I saw that the description in Publication 519 says "If, at the end of your tax year, you are married
and one spouse is a U.S. citizen or a resident alien and the other spouse is a nonresident alien, you can choose to treat the nonresident spouse as a U.S. resident." and "If you make this choice, you and your
spouse are treated for income tax purposes as residents for your entire tax year."
