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Married filing jointly almost always results in a lower tax bill or larger refund. You can file jointly even if your spouse has no income. But, you would need to apply for an ITIN.
I also need to suggest an addition to my colleague's answer. If your spouse lives in the US and passes the substantial presence test (lived in the US more than 183 days), then they are a "US resident" for income tax purposes, regardless of their immigration status or eligibility to work. If your spouse is a US resident, then you need to put their tax number (ITIN) even on a separate return (as best I can tell from the instructions) so you might as well file jointly since you have to apply for an ITIN anyway. You can't write "NRA" in place of their tax number if they are a US resident.
(If they lived in the US less than half the year, they are a non-resident alien and the other answer is correct in both parts.)
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/individual-taxpayer-identification-number
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/taxpayer-identification-numbers-tin