@4lcollins , assuming that you are yourself a US person ( Citizen / Green Card ) then yes you can indeed file joint with your spouse with :
(a) spouse( he/she) will lose his/her "exempt" status, his/her world income would be exposed to US taxation; any treaty benefits ( tax treaty between US and that country for students ) would be quenched / cannot be asserted
(c) spouse will need a tax id ( ITIN issued by IRS or SSN by Social Security Admin if eligible )
(d) this will allow preparation of return using TurboTax and sent by mail with an attached request ( signed by both spouses) for the spouse to be treated as a Resident for Tax Purposes.
does this help or do you need more help on this ?
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