houghtonsnow
Jan 30, 2009, 01:01 PM
Hi,
Last year my wife (H4) and I (H1B) filed jointly as resident aliens. She was a Bona fide residence - she was in China for the entire year of 2007. So we excluded her foreign income by filling Form 2555.
In 2008, my wife traveled the US twice, 27 days in Jan/Feb and 59 days in Jul/Aug. She was in China for the rest of 2008 (about 280 days).
Our question is: how to pick up the 12-month period so that she can still meet the Physical Presence Test? Can we pick up the 12-month period from 6/1/07-6/1/08 in which she had more than 330 full days?
If so, for the next year, can we pick up 9/1/08-9/1/09 (assuming no additional US travel in 09) so that we can "skip" those 59 days in 2008?
Thanks in advance for you help!
Last year my wife (H4) and I (H1B) filed jointly as resident aliens. She was a Bona fide residence - she was in China for the entire year of 2007. So we excluded her foreign income by filling Form 2555.
In 2008, my wife traveled the US twice, 27 days in Jan/Feb and 59 days in Jul/Aug. She was in China for the rest of 2008 (about 280 days).
Our question is: how to pick up the 12-month period so that she can still meet the Physical Presence Test? Can we pick up the 12-month period from 6/1/07-6/1/08 in which she had more than 330 full days?
If so, for the next year, can we pick up 9/1/08-9/1/09 (assuming no additional US travel in 09) so that we can "skip" those 59 days in 2008?
Thanks in advance for you help!