@taxingmangakan @anthokneez @iman42093 @amaxwell2191 UPDATE: I connected with a correspondent for a state congresswoman who got in touch with their IRS liaison, and they said more than likely the IRS will deduce that we are actually independent, and we will still get the payment. They are only halfway through the payments as of today and there are big groups of payments that are scheduled to go out in the next few weeks.
If you go to amend your tax return on TurboTax and change from "can" to "can't" be claimed, and you see no change in your federal return amount, that means that you were processed as an independent vs. a dependent.
IF we slip through the cracks and still do not receive payment, then the correspondent told me to hold off on amending and either claim it as 2020 credit, which will be automatic eligibility, or wait for the IRS to direct other ways to go about it. The IRS is NOT accepting any paper amendments right now, so it may just complicate things further down the line.
The IRS says there are a large group of people who are in this situation, so we will get the payment, it is just a matter of when!
