For the question did Iris live with you the entire year, you will say Yes since she lived with your spouse for the entire year. Resident Aliens are treated as US Citizens for tax purposes. This means since you are treating her mom as a resident alien, and filing a joint return, you can claim that she lived with you (her mom) for the entire year. You will then be asked about living in the US. For this question, you will answer No.
Since your child lived with her mother and her mother is being treated as a US resident for tax purposes, you can claim Iris as a qualifying child for the child tax credit. However, since she did not live in the US, you can not use her to claim the Earned Income tax credit.
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