{"id":146,"date":"2015-06-24T22:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T02:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ogtax.wpengine.com\/?p=146"},"modified":"2023-02-24T07:14:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T07:14:48","slug":"h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/","title":{"rendered":"H-1 and H-4 Visa Holders and Filing Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question:<\/strong> I am in the US on a H-1 Working visa. I\u2019m married and my wife who lives in India was allowed in the US on a H-4 Visa, H-4 is a dependent visa, which prevents her from being able to get a SSN. Will I be able to file MFJ with her?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong>\u00a0Yes, you can. According to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/p17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pub 17<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>Taxpayer identification numbers for aliens.<\/strong>\u00a0If your dependent is a resident or non-resident alien who does not have and is not eligible to get an SSN, your dependent must apply for an individual taxpayer identification number (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/Individuals\/General-ITIN-Information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ITIN<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>To apply for an ITIN, use Form\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/fw7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">W-7<\/a>, Application for IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number.<\/p>\n<p><!--===============google ad=================--><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3039986354638252\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3039986354638252\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"7838143718\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--===============google ad=================--><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>References\/Related Topics<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/claiming-a-non-citizen-spouse-and-child-on-your-taxes\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Claiming a Non-Citizen Spouse and Children on Your Taxes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/irs-deductions-for-canadian-mexican-dependents\/\" rel=\"noopener\">IRS deductions for Canadian\/Mexican dependents<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/should-i-claim-my-spouse-as-a-dependent-on-my-taxes\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Should I claim my spouse as a dependent on my taxes?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/need-itin-for-wife-even-though-married-filing-separately\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Need ITIN for wife even though &#8220;Married, filing separately&#8221;?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/can-i-claim-head-of-household-if-married\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Can I Claim Head of Household If Married?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/itn-number-tax-id-number-documentation-requirements\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ITIN Number \u2013 Tax ID Number Documentation Requirements<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/what-is-an-itin-and-who-needs-one\/\" rel=\"noopener\">What is an ITIN &#8211; and who needs one?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/benefits-of-an-itin\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Benefits of an ITIN?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--===============google ad=================--><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3039986354638252\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3039986354638252\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"7838143718\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--===============google ad=================--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I am in the US on a H-1 Working visa. I\u2019m married and my wife  who lives in India  was allowed in the US on a H-4 Visa,  H-4 is a dependent visa,  which prevents her from being able to get a SSN. Will I be able to file MFJ with her?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>H-1 and H-4 Visa Holders and Filing Status - O&amp;G Tax and Accounting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"H-1 and H-4 Visa Holders and Filing Status - O&amp;G Tax and Accounting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Question: I am in the US on a H-1 Working visa. I\u2019m married and my wife who lives in India was allowed in the US on a H-4 Visa, H-4 is a dependent visa, which prevents her from being able to get a SSN. Will I be able to file MFJ with her?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"O&amp;G Tax and Accounting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-06-25T02:00:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-24T07:14:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/agus-dietrich-eUjufrdx_bM-unsplash.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alex Oware\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alex Oware\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alex Oware\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/7abb5bc95fed73694b6d4e1d516c1929\"},\"headline\":\"H-1 and H-4 Visa Holders and Filing Status\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-25T02:00:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-24T07:14:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/\"},\"wordCount\":187,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/agus-dietrich-eUjufrdx_bM-unsplash.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/\",\"name\":\"H-1 and H-4 Visa Holders and Filing Status - O&amp;G Tax and Accounting\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/agus-dietrich-eUjufrdx_bM-unsplash.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-25T02:00:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-24T07:14:48+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/agus-dietrich-eUjufrdx_bM-unsplash.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/agus-dietrich-eUjufrdx_bM-unsplash.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/\",\"name\":\"O&amp;G Tax and Accounting\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#organization\",\"name\":\"O&amp;G Tax and Accounting\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/logo.png\",\"width\":123,\"height\":74,\"caption\":\"O&amp;G Tax and Accounting\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/7abb5bc95fed73694b6d4e1d516c1929\",\"name\":\"Alex Oware\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/818d35e7f1b55ca6674f5b7750860e33?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/818d35e7f1b55ca6674f5b7750860e33?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Alex Oware\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"H-1 and H-4 Visa Holders and Filing Status - O&amp;G Tax and Accounting","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"H-1 and H-4 Visa Holders and Filing Status - O&amp;G Tax and Accounting","og_description":"Question: I am in the US on a H-1 Working visa. I\u2019m married and my wife who lives in India was allowed in the US on a H-4 Visa, H-4 is a dependent visa, which prevents her from being able to get a SSN. Will I be able to file MFJ with her?","og_url":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/","og_site_name":"O&amp;G Tax and Accounting","article_published_time":"2015-06-25T02:00:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-24T07:14:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/agus-dietrich-eUjufrdx_bM-unsplash.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Alex Oware","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alex Oware","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/"},"author":{"name":"Alex Oware","@id":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/7abb5bc95fed73694b6d4e1d516c1929"},"headline":"H-1 and H-4 Visa Holders and Filing Status","datePublished":"2015-06-25T02:00:59+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-24T07:14:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/"},"wordCount":187,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/agus-dietrich-eUjufrdx_bM-unsplash.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/","url":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/","name":"H-1 and H-4 Visa Holders and Filing Status - O&amp;G Tax and Accounting","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/agus-dietrich-eUjufrdx_bM-unsplash.jpg","datePublished":"2015-06-25T02:00:59+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-24T07:14:48+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/h-1-and-h-4-visa-holders-and-filing-status\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/agus-dietrich-eUjufrdx_bM-unsplash.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/agus-dietrich-eUjufrdx_bM-unsplash.jpg","width":1200,"height":800},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#website","url":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/","name":"O&amp;G Tax and Accounting","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#organization","name":"O&amp;G Tax and Accounting","url":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/logo.png","width":123,"height":74,"caption":"O&amp;G Tax and Accounting"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/7abb5bc95fed73694b6d4e1d516c1929","name":"Alex Oware","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/818d35e7f1b55ca6674f5b7750860e33?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/818d35e7f1b55ca6674f5b7750860e33?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Alex Oware"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3947,"href":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions\/3947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oandgaccounting.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}