Yes, you can file married filing jointly with your spouse on F1 visa.
You can choose to treat the nonresident spouse as a U.S. resident for tax purposes.
This includes situations in which one of you was not a U.S. resident at the beginning of the tax year but was at the end of the year, and the other was not a U.S. resident at the end of the year.
Please note to include
- A declaration that on the last day of the tax year one spouse was neither a U.S. citizen nor a U.S. resident and the other spouse was, and that you choose to be treated as U.S. residents for the entire tax year.
- The name, address, and identification number of each spouse.
Prepare the return and print it.
Mail it to the address on the instruction sheet with the declaration.
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Nonresident spouse
