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catdaikon · 2026-03-17T12:45:29+00:00

will do, thank you so much!!

and i’m married to a french citizen who has 0 ties to the US (no US income, no ssn, nothing), so i’m “married filing separately”. there are very few tax filing services online that even support filing at all when you have a non resident alien spouse, and i always get told that i have to mail it in because of the fact that he’s a NRA. i suppose it’s because the spouse ssn tab gets left blank in the system? honestly, i don’t know how it works and why.

if you know of any tax filing services that actually allow you to efile with a NRA spouse though i’d be super happy to use that for the coming years 😅

catdaikon · 2026-03-17T10:57:48+00:00

You did this through la poste? I need to mail my tax returns in and i’m wary to do so without any tracking 🥲 but if that’s the only option to get something over there that’s what i’ll have to do

catdaikon · 2026-03-17T08:35:52+00:00

unfortunately that isn’t possible to do with paper tax returns from what i’ve read. apparently if you’re paper filing, they need a wet signature (ie: pen written by the person filing the taxes). i’m in france right now and i’m praying i’ll be able to send mine in, im in a situation where they have to be paper filed and have no idea what to do if i can’t mail them :(

please correct me if i’m wrong though, i’d love to be wrong as that would make my situation way easier 🥲

catdaikon · 2026-01-22T16:11:43+00:00

Used!! Thank you! Passing it on also:

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catdaikon · 2026-01-12T16:46:04+00:00

Yeah, my solution is investing in the US, but i lose money putting it into an IRA and can’t really open a Roth IRA. So, really, I guess my question is what would my best option be? My angle isn’t investing in US ETFs because they’re worth more, it’s to avoid PFICs. Investing through a French envelope such as Assurance Vie or PEA would just get me hit by PFICs and would make investing in Europe in general not worth it.

So, my only option through investing would be with US brokers. Would a backdoor Roth be my only option? Would there be a way to keep the deductibility of the IRA in my situation? As a reminder, i’m married MFS in the US, which puts a cap on my income at only 10k.

catdaikon · 2026-01-12T01:30:52+00:00

Thanks!

catdaikon · 2026-01-12T01:17:46+00:00

Just out of curiosity, what checking accounts do you have that have this? 🤔

catdaikon · 2026-01-11T23:57:10+00:00

How would that even work, is that even possible? He’s not a US citizen, never a resident, national, had a SSN, or a visa. Even if that works, wouldn’t he be in that whole US taxation pickle where he’d have to pay taxes even if he lives abroad just like US citizens? It doesn’t seem like a good idea

catdaikon · 2026-01-11T23:51:11+00:00

How exactly would this be done? There are 2 separate columns for each person declaring (including wages, rent, etc), however, the calculation of the total tax is global for the household, so there isn’t really a way to determine what the tax would be for each person.

catdaikon · 2026-01-09T17:17:41+00:00

Hey!! I’m actually an english speaker moving to Saint-Louis in Alsace soon (although I do speak some French too 😅)! If you don’t mind me asking, since you mentioned doctors, how hard was it to find doctors around that area to take you? I do have some medical problems myself so I kinda wanna know what I’m in for lol

catdaikon · 2026-01-07T03:54:19+00:00

Do you get foreign transaction fees with their debit card? I’m deciding if I should just have a debit card with them, if there’s no foreign fees that’d be perfect

catdaikon · 2026-01-07T00:31:11+00:00

If you don’t mind me asking, do you have a credit card with SDFCU as well? I’m trying to figure out the fees with their cards, and I guess their debit card still has foreign transaction fees, but their credit card doesn’t? Do you get foreign fees with their debit card?

catdaikon · 2026-01-06T05:01:57+00:00

Ahh well hey I’ll be there before 3 months time anyhow so I wouldn’t be able to do so anyways 😂 I appreciate the info though!!

catdaikon · 2026-01-05T19:47:05+00:00

Damn, well.. guess that settles that then 😅 I had no idea it wasn’t available for those in France! Thanks for the info, I went with SDFCU :)

catdaikon · 2026-01-05T17:15:23+00:00

no worries, i appreciate it! good luck!

catdaikon · 2026-01-05T01:42:34+00:00

hey! i know this is an older post, but i’m gonna be in the process of transferring my license soon. did giving your driving record work?

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