Borderline
Feb 4, 2006, 07:35 AM
At the start of 2005 I was single and employed on an L1, my Fiancée then received a J1 and started work in mid-Jan as a Post-Dpoctral research scientist. We got married on June 25th and my Permenent Resisdent Visa was issued in late August through the US embassy in London. My wife received her Permanent Resident Visa in late Novemeber. When I was preparing our Tax information I noticed that the University that my wife works at has not taken any Social Security or Medicare payments out of her pay. I need the following questions answered.
1. Do we file as married jointly or married separately?
2. Is my wife liable for Social and medicare payments for the whole year or just for the 5 weeks that she had her permanent residency?
3. Does my wife file as a permanent resident or as a non-resident? (she was living in the US from sep 2001- July 2003 on a J1. Then returned on visa waivers from July 2004 until her J1 was issued in Jan 2005 but had no source of income)(We are both UK citizens)
Rgds.
1. Do we file as married jointly or married separately?
2. Is my wife liable for Social and medicare payments for the whole year or just for the 5 weeks that she had her permanent residency?
3. Does my wife file as a permanent resident or as a non-resident? (she was living in the US from sep 2001- July 2003 on a J1. Then returned on visa waivers from July 2004 until her J1 was issued in Jan 2005 but had no source of income)(We are both UK citizens)
Rgds.