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Deductions & credits
@azadnaik for US purposes and covering the period Jan - Oct 2019, both you and your wife were in the USA with legal visa status, therefore you file as Married Filing Joint and with a dependent child ( US citizen), using form 1040 ( supported by TurboTax). Since becomes a short year , you have two options on filing--- (a) Prepare the 1040 as described above - covering world earnings for the period Jan thru Oct, print, sign ( both you and your wife ), write across the top of first page " Dual Status Filer", then go to the IRS download form 1040-NR and any schedules needed-- it is .pdf -- fill it out sign, date ; attach the two filings together and mail this in. This is true even if you did not have any US sourced income during the period Nov-Dec. OR (b) prepare and file only the form 1040 covering income Jan thru Oct and efile -- this is true if ,and only if , you had no US sourced income ( wages from US while working in the USA, interest , divided income attributable to the period).
For a purist option (a) is the way to go, however option (b) results in faster processing, less paperwork and generally meets the legal requirements. If in doubt , please follow option (a)
Hope this clarifies your situation. Please welcome to ask for more if you need help.
Namaste ji