Orsi,
I am in the same boat too. i called USCIS and couldnt get connected to anyone. I talked to an attorney and he told me that filing 1040 itself means declaring yourself as a US citizen OR permanent resident OR atleast an immigrant. It seems that the issue is that you and I are looking at it as in "Declare yourself as immigrant/green card holder if you are not a citizen", and from the perspective of IRS/USCIS it is " dont declare yourself non-immigrant and cheat on taxes, while you are an immigrant and must pay resident taxes". So i think its not the issue of dont call yourself a citizen, but rather dont declare yourself as non-immigrant. As by the virtue of filing 1040 and not 1040NR, we are already 'declaring' it. Also because there is no specific way of declaring oneself as an immigrant on 1040 fform. Above definition of foreign country by domainGA also makes sense in that light. Tell me what you have concluded.
