Hi,

My husband and I came to the US in March 2016 (we both have H1B visas). We are planning to stay for at least 2 more years. As I understand, we will be dual status aliens for 2016.
Can we both elect to file married filing jointly as resident aliens? The only info I found was for a resident alien to treat a non-resident alien spouse as resident and file jointly. I couldn't find anything, when both spouses were resident aliens at the end of the year. Thanks!

Yes, you can file jointly, but filing separate dual-status tax returns MAY be the better option.

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