How to enter personal information and state of residence question.

[Cardinals8]

I am a U.S. citizen married where my spouse lives in another country and has no green card but has a SSN. My spouse is a nonresident alien but will treat as a resident for tax purposes.

I do not understand what state of residence means. My spouse did live in one state for a few months in 2019, but currently lives abroad. Thus, I am not sure if state of residence should be foreign or the state that my spouse lived in since my spouse will be treated as a resident even though a nonresident.

If I select foreign since living in another country, then it asked if lived in another state, which would be yes, then asks when became a permanent resident of the foreign country.  This is confusing since my spouse has always been a permanent resident there.

Thanks.

[SusanY1]

You should select the option "Foreign or U.S. Possession" for her (the last one in the drop-down menu.)  For the second question, lived in another state it is asking if she has a second U.S. state for tax purposes, so answer that question No.

[Cardinals8]

Thanks! Is there any place with the software where I am supposed go identify that my nonresident spouse is being treated as a resident for tax purposes, or do we just need to sign the statement to attach at the end.

[SusanY1]

If this is the first year that you are electing to treat her as a resident for tax purposes, you just sign the statement and attach it to the return - there is no other notation needed on the return itself. 

After the first year, you do not need to continue to attach the statement.