@LinaJ2020
Thanks for your reply. - it's really helpful.
I'd like to file as a resident alien to benefit from the standard deduction.
So I have two questions: Knowing that I will meet the SPT in 2020, if I make the 1st year choice:
1) am I considered resident alien for the entire 2019 or just part of it (dual-status)? Do I simply file as a resident alien?
2) to satisfy the SPT, knowing that I have been in the US since October 7th, non-stop, to calculate the SPT should I file only when i'm in the US for 183 days in 2020 - or I can start counting from October 7th, 2019?
thank you very mcuh!
