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I work in US on H1B visa and recently got married to a Canadian citizen. However, she is living in Canada completing her masters and visits me frequently.

I am wondering if I should file my Tax in Single or Married status.

Also, do I need to do something regarding my change of marital status for my H1B visa...??

Thank you for your help.

Kevin_hope

Even I had similar questions, as I work as a H1B in US.

The best place, wold be <<please PM member for his suggestion>>.

Even I have asked many Visa related Tax questions, they are the best.

Thanks

Kevin

USBound

you should file married as you are in fact married. This was the advice I was given 2 years ago (my soon to be ex wife was in the UK at the time)

AdobePinon

Hehe! And the OP needed the advice 3.5 years ago.

USBound

heheh... I never look at things like dates....

doh.

Bob

I thought you just got hitched a couple months back?

Anyway, second poster sounds like spam to be, but I can't be arsed to do anything about it at 12:30 in the morn.

Jerseygirl

He did...but he was speaking in the past tense...a couple of years ago.

Mallory

I'm not a tax expert but,

The form you fill out for yr employer, you can put down married or single, it just signifies how much tax you want taken out. If you put down single, they will take out more tax than if you put down married. At the end of the year, if you had put down single, you prolly wouldn't owe anything. If you put down married, you possibly will owe the IRS.

At the end of the year, when you FILE your tax return, that's when you have to legally put whether you are actually married or single, or how many kids you have. If you file single, you will prob get some money back.

ladyofthelake

Hmmm, why am I so suspicious of this first post? Could it be because 'Kevin's' real name is probably David Kempe? Nice bit of self promotion there...