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deepti_cableandwireless
Jan 31, 2007, 09:33 AM
hello,

My details:

name- deepti
Status- married
Visa- h4

my husband went to US from India on january 1 2007. i have also joined him. I am eager to know , will we able to get tax exemtions if he mention me as dependent . Our stay in US is till August 2007. can we get some tax benefits.
AtlantaTaxExpert
Jan 31, 2007, 10:27 AM
If read thsi right, you entered the U.S. with your husband on 1 January 2007, and will leave sometime in August 2007.

Your husband is on H-1 or H-1B and you are on H-4.

Because you will not end 2007 as resident aliens, you will have to file as dual-status aliens.