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@Impots23 , generally when you enter the country under F-1 student visa, you are exempt  from having count days present in the USA for five calendar years starting with the year of entry.  Since you do not count days, you remain as a Non-Resident Alien  { during this period  you report  only US sourced  income on form 1040-NR ).  In your case  your exempt period  finished  on 12/31/2018.  So during 2019 Jan 1  on wards you count days present and thus mid year you pass the substantial presence test  ( 183  present counting all the days in the current year, 1/3 of the days in the priors year and 1/6 days in the prior to prior year. ).  Thus for the year 2019 you would need to file as a Resident Alien  for tax purposes ( for the Immigration purposes you are still a Non-Immigrant Alien ) i.e. you are now taxed on your world income.

You can use TurboTax to complete the a 1040 return  with no dificulty.

 

But since you had no income either from US sources  or from  foreign sources ( monies from your parents  are not your income and cannot be taxed in the USA ), I do not understand why you want to file a return.

Which country are you from  ( in case you need to assert  treaty benefits )

 

Forms  8843  ( exempt individuals ) and form 8840  ( closer connection )  are both only required if you  are a Non-Resident Alien   reporting exempt status ( i.e. exempt from counting days present ) or   a non-exempt  person showing that his/her income must not be taxed because of closer connection to another country.  Neither of these I think apply to you ( from what you have posted so far )

 

Does this answer  your query ?