KarenJ2
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Yes, your qualifying period looks fine.  Yes, you are allowed to slide your days so that beginning days or ending days can be US days.

 

How to figure the 12-month period. There are four rules you should know when figuring the 12-month period

. • Your 12-month period can begin with any day of the month. It ends the day before the same calendar day, 12 months later

. • Your 12-month period must be made up of consecutive months. Any 12-month period can be used if the 330 days in a foreign country fall within that period

. • You don’t have to begin your 12-month period with your first full day in a foreign country or end it with the day you leave. You can choose the 12-month period that gives you the greatest exclusion

. • In determining whether the 12-month period falls within a longer stay in the foreign country, 12-month periods can overlap one

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