@Mafandr , your immigration status ( citizen / Immigrant / Resident for Tax purposes / Non-Resident-Alien ) does NOT come into consideration on whether you have to pay taxes or not.
The ONLY difference between the different status' is whether you are taxed on world income OR US sourced income.
From your post what I get is as follows :
(a) for the year 2021 ( because the short time frame ) you probably were a Non-Resident Alien ( NRA ) and would have been taxed ONLY on US sourced/connected income. Generally you ( if you had any taxable income from US sources ) would have filed a form 1040-NR to report your US sourced income and pay any taxes due . Note that TurboTax does not support this form ( 1040-NR ).
(b) for the calendar year 2022 and once you had passed the Substantial Presence Test ( 183 days total counting ALL days present in the year 2022 + 1/3rd the days present in 2021 + 1/6th days present in 2020 ), probably sometime in June/July of 2022, you would have been classed as a Resident for Tax purposes. Thus 2022 for you would have been a "Dual Status" year -- till SPT you would have been NRA and file a 1040-NR , taxed on US sourced income. Post SPT as a Resident for tax purposes , you report your income on form 1040 and be taxed on your world income .
(c) As you see from the above , you need to file a return for both 2021 ( based only on US sourced income ) and 2022 ( based on US sourced income and world income ).
Does this make sense ? Is there more I can do for you?
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