You are correct. That exception (Resident of foreign country or territory) does apply to you. This will exempt you for the months of January through June. Since you just moved to the U.S for the first time, and lived elsewhere before, you were residing in a foreign country (not in the U.S) for at least 330 days prior to the time you arrived in the United States. This website provides more information (click on link): https://www.healthcare.gov/exemptions-tool/#/results/2017/details/resident-alien
In fact, because January through June are exempted from the penalty, you will be entitled to a second exception for July and August, the short gap exception. Since you obtained insurance in September, you are considered to have insurance for all of September. That means that the only two months left uncovered are July and August. Since this is two months or less, you may exempt these also. Please see this second link: https://www.healthcare.gov/exemptions-tool/#/results/2017/details/short-gap
In TurboTax, make sure you mark that you had coverage from September to December. After selecting that you were out of the country from January through June, the complete penalty should be waived. TurboTax will automatically apply the short-gap exception on your behalf.
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