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You are doing something wrong and by overriding the program not only are you voiding the accuracy guarantee but you will not be able to efile the return.  But let us see if any of the other tax pros agree with you ...  @Hal_Al   @DoninGA   @xmasbaby0  

I have taught this tax course for 8 years where day one the #1 rule taught  is that ALL people listed on the return MUST have a proper valid tax ID number to get any tax benefits on the return.    I have been a tax preparer & enrolled agent  for 30 years so I can tell you that you are singularly focused on one phrase without considering the rest of the text in that section of pub 501 (which sometime reads like stereo instructions). 

Many years ago the need to have a qualifying dependent to use the HOH filing status was narrowed so what you are trying to do is not legal ... your qualifying dependent must have a SS# or TIN or ATIN on the return.  NRA is not a valid item on the return if you want a tax benefit from it like HOH.   If you actually send it that way the HOH filing status will almost certainly be rejected and the return either sent back for a correction OR recomputed without it.   Clicking on the blue hyperlink in the chart will take you to the info I already posted ...

Head of Household Rules: 

You may be able to file as head of household if you meet all the following requirements.

1.You are unmarried or considered unmarried on the last day of the year. See Marital Status, earlier, and Considered Unmarried, later.

2.You paid more than half the cost of keeping up a home for the year.

3.A qualifying person lived with you in the home for more than half the year (except for temporary absences, such as school). However, if the qualifying person is your dependent parent, he or she doesn't have to live with you. See Special rule for parent, later, under Qualifying Person.