I am an american Citizen, my wife is german and we recently married in August. She is here on a H1B visa for work that still has two years on it. The year before that she was here on a J1 Visa for school where she obtained a SSN. She still continues to use that SSN. We are now coming upon filling our taxes. Since we are now married should I file jointly or speerate? And what papers must I file with my taxes?