Deductions & credits

Okay, after re-reading that last statement I now understand that last comment, so I apologize about that one. 

 

But all of your prior comments asserted a SSN was needed regardless of where you lived, which is wrong.  And I think you are just complicating things by mentioning a SSN at all because it has no direct bearing on the matter Rather than a "shortcut", it seems like the long way around to complicate things.

 

The requirement is Citizenship and/or Residency.  The type of ID number just follows whatever type of Citizenship or Residency applies in the situation, but has no direct bearing on the matter.