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Old 10-23-2009, 02:43 PM
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Default You WILL qualify

As long as your H-1 is approved on or before 1 December 2009, you will be able to file jointly with your spouse and you both CHOOSE to be treated as resident aliens for 2009.

You may have to wait until sometime in June 2010 to file, but you will qualify for the credit.
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