You do not have to file a 2020 tax return in order to answer the questions on the FAFSA. Read the FAFSA questions, and the accompanying notes or help, more carefully. First of all, it asks whether you filed a U.S. tax return "or another tax return." Select the appropriate answer. The next question asks what kind of tax return you filed. The notes say that if you filed a foreign tax return you should use the information from the foreign tax return to fill out the FAFSA, converting the amounts to U.S. dollars. If you did not file any tax return for 2020, select the answer in the first question that says you are not going to file. It will then skip the questions about your 2020 tax return.
If you have further questions, please clarify whether you are the student or the parent. However, this TurboTax Community is for help using TurboTax to file an income tax return. We can't really help you with the FAFSA. For help filling out the FAFSA, you have to go to the FAFSA Help page on the FAFSA web site.
Please note that TurboTax is for filing a Form 1040 U.S. tax return for a U.S. citizen or resident alien. If you are a nonresident alien you cannot use TurboTax. A nonresident alien has to file Form 1040-NR, which TurboTax does not support.
