Recent content by n400la

In the form 1040 that we are going to file jointly, I can enter FC (foreign country) as my state of residence. This doesn't affect my federal taxes, but affects state taxes a lot. I am not sure if it's call non-resident or part year resident. I guess part year resident sounds better? Last year...

I was looking at many different options for filing, and yes, we will file jointly for federal taxes and jointly as well for state taxes. In state taxes her status will be as a resident and my status will be as a non-resident. I don't know if it's possible to file federal taxes jointly and...

California will not consider me as a full resident, I already checked. Maybe I don't phrase my questions well, but what I really want to know is the possible immigration consequences for my wife (citizenship later) when we file state taxes jointly and I am a non-resident in California.

Newxgate, thank you for your response. I understand it about federal taxes, being non-resident let's us avoid paying state taxes. But mostly I want to know about my wife's immigration implications if we file jointly and I say I am a non-resident. Any opinion about that?

I am not going to file 1040NR, I want to file 1040 (regular form, married filing jointly, just trying to avoid state taxes if I can) and 540NR (California non-resident form). In 1040 you can write that you are located out of US.

I have a question about taxes and my wife's green card and later her naturalization. Here is our situation: - We got married in 2004 - I got US citizenship in the beginning of 2005, we filed documents for her green card - She got her conditional green card in September 2005 - Starting...

Hello, everybody, My wife and I have been married for over 2 years. I am a US citizen, she will get her unconditional green card soon (status page shows that the card production had been ordered for her). Things haven't been working that good, so we want to divorce. The first question is...

No, spouse reunification is not a bonafide reason for your case to be expedited. There are people who wait very long for their reunification and the USCIS pretty much doesn't give a damn. Here is what service centers post as valid reasons for expediting: - Severe financial loss to company or...

Are you sure? When I had a ceremony nobody mentioned a word about that. Neither was anything in writing...

Yes, usually they can. Family members will be in a separate area for visitors... At least it is like that in Los Angeles...

I took my paperwork just in case but I wasn't asked for it. The only things I needed was the oath letter, green card and travel document... The rest wasn't necessary. I think San Diego probably would have less people but you never know... Prepare to spend a couple of hours and you should be...

It really depends on the number of people and organization of the ceremony. When I was taking mine in February in LA, I was out after two hours - there were 5000 people taking oath that day. My appointment was at 1PM - I was there earlier because everybody wanted to park at the convention center...

Wow! my interview was also rescheduled because of Reagan's funeral. However I had my interview two weeks after that...

When somebody leaves US for over a year, this person can apply for citizenship 4 years and 1 day after coming back. (4 years + 1 day rule)

I applied for passport after oath ceremony in post office and got my passport back in 8 days (expedite + overnight).