@nomad012 , if you are a US person ( citizen/ GreenCard ) and your tax home was foreign, then yes you should be able to use foreign earned income exclusion ( wages and/or self-employed income ).
You fill out the schedule C for the self-employed income, deduct all allowed expenses associated with this income; and then under personal income, choose "I will select what I work on ", then from the drop down list of types of incomes, near the bottom you will see Foreign Earned Income Exclusion -- select this and follow through. Just make sure that the income is equal to the net income on Schedule-C. This should allow you to choose foreign income exclusion --- form 2555. You will here have to choose "Physical Presence" and answer the questions.
Note---- if your self-employed income is from US govt. or any of its departments ( DoD etc. ) , this income is not excludable nor taxable in your host country.
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