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Get your taxes done using TurboTax
I wrote the first paragraph below over 10 years ago. The situation has not changed.
You can only have one Form 2555. (One for each person on a joint return.) This is an IRS restriction, not a TurboTax restriction. Apparently the IRS has not made any provision for having more than one foreign employer in the same year. The best suggestion I could find, with a little Googling, is to enter "See statement" as the employer's name, and attach a statement to your return listing each employer and the amount of income from each one. Enter totals for both employers combined in TurboTax, so Form 2555 will have the totals. This means you will not be able to e-file. You will have to print your return and file it by mail.
Some other people suggest entering the name of one employer instead of "See statement." Enter either the most recent employer or the one where you earned the most. But you still enter the combined total amount of income, and you still have to attach a statement listing the individual employers and income amounts.