Thank you for the reply.
2 more questions:
1. can my wife and I make a choose to be treated as resident aliens for the entire 2019 (both of us were not residents at the beginning of the year and were residents at the end of the year), fill jointly and then apply together for foreign income exclusion (both of us meet the physical presence test)?
2. If we claim the foreign income exclusion, can we also claim the standard or itemized deductions for 2019 or only 1 of this benefit can be claimed? Can standard deduction be claimed in future (e.g. for 2020) if foreign income exclusion were claimed before (for 2019)?
