You ARE Married.

Can I assume you are resident alien since you put a RA at the top of your post?

If yes,
1) You are married. You may choose either married file jointly or separately. It seems to me that you want to file jointly, right? If that is the case, be sure to include your spouse's income in China and also be sure to ask your spouse to sign the tax form. The only problem is that it will take some time for you to apply an itin number for your spouse. So you may want to apply for a late filing if your spouse doesn't have too much income in China. Or you can even file as separately now and do an Amended file later as long as you file the Amended file in three years.

2) In any case, you have no way to deduct that $300 per month unless it was an US court order.

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• 別想啦, 人不來美國不給ITIN更不用說SSN, 這種稅上的 -stp- ♀ (85 bytes) () 03/23/2004 postreply 14:47:13

• 回複：別想啦, 人不來美國不給ITIN更不用說SSN, 這種稅上的 -再謝啦- ♀ (191 bytes) () 03/23/2004 postreply 15:21:19

• 回複：回複：別想啦, 人不來美國不給ITIN更不用說SSN, 這種稅上的 -spouseNotD- ♀ (176 bytes) () 03/23/2004 postreply 18:44:20

• 這很正常, 誰符合誰是. 但CALIM DEPENDENTS -stp- ♀ (38 bytes) () 03/23/2004 postreply 20:08:41

• Play by Their Rule -PlayByRule- ♀ (477 bytes) () 03/23/2004 postreply 20:02:14

• You don't need ITIN for your -SimilaToMe- ♀ (349 bytes) () 03/23/2004 postreply 21:00:33

• Why did you say this is "帽膩"? -SimilaToMe- ♀ (488 bytes) () 03/23/2004 postreply 20:19:36