If your spouse is a nonresident alien, you have three options when you file your taxes.
Married Filing jointly(MFJ)
Married Filing separately(MFS)
Head of household
You can choose to wait for her Social Security Number to file as MFJ and file an extension for filing the tax return beyond
April 18, 2022. You will get time till October 15, 2022.
You can elect to treat your wife as a resident if she does have SSN even though she was not in the USA in 2021.
Treat nonresident spouse as resident
TurboTax allows you to efile your tax return married filing separately even if your spouse does not have SSN. If you check the box no to want to file jointly with your spouse. An error will still pop up about SSN but continue anyway till you get to transmit button.
Choose My spouse was a non-resident alien at any time during 2021 in that screen.
You will be able to file your tax return as married filing separately.
Nonresident Spouse
