I got married just after getting my visa to enter the U.S. So, I got status of single on my passport when enter U.S. Now I'm a permanent Resident. On my 2017 W2 it show single as my Marital statu but in reality I'm married since 2015. My wife and my Children live abroad, they don't have SSN. Is that possible to file my 2017 tax return as married and claims my Children?
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You cannot claim your children, as they are not resident aliens nor permanent residents or citizens.
You can file jointly with your wife. But in order to do that, you must add a statement treating her as resident alien for the entire year (unless you already did that for 2016). You would have to report her worldwide income as well and apply for an ITIN for her on form W7.
Have a look at publication 54 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p54.pdf
You cannot claim your children, as they are not resident aliens nor permanent residents or citizens.
You can file jointly with your wife. But in order to do that, you must add a statement treating her as resident alien for the entire year (unless you already did that for 2016). You would have to report her worldwide income as well and apply for an ITIN for her on form W7.
Have a look at publication 54 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p54.pdf
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