I am a US citizen, and my wife was an F-1 student. We got married in the summer of 2020. I have applied for her green card via adjustment of status, and we are currently waiting for our interview. She has an SSN that was issued when she did OPT after her Bachelor's degree ~1.8 years ago. The SSN states "VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH DHS AUTHORIZATION". Her OPT status has expired after our marriage. We will file the 2020 tax as married filing jointly.
Thanks in advance.
Based on the information you provided, it sounds like your spouse qualifies for stimulus. To qualify for a stimulus payment, you must:
With the first round of stimulus payments, US citizens married to non-resident aliens were not eligible for the stimulus. However, this rule changed with the new second COVID-19 aid package. In the second round of stimulus checks, a US citizen and their noncitizen spouse are both eligible for a payment as long as they have Social Security numbers. You don't need to try and override TurboTax.
Hi @DavidD66, thank you for your response! If you don't mind, could you please clarify if this means my spouse who has an SSN with "VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH DHS AUTHORIZATION" does qualify for the 2 stimulus checks? Thanks again for your help on this!
Based on the information you provided, it sounds like your spouse qualifies for stimulus. To qualify for a stimulus payment, you must: