@-w--sy48 , you appear to have closed off the possibility of Foreign Earned Income exclusion. And so you will need to pass SPT ( all days present in the current 2023, plus 1/3 days present in 2022 and 1/6th the days present in 2021). Till you pass SPT , you are taxed as a Non-Resident Alien ( taxed only on US sourced income ) and thereafter you are a resident alien for tax purposes ( being taxed on your world income. Please note that if you are eligible to file as a dual status tax payer, you still cannot use standard deduction and any passive US sourced income would be taxed at a fixed rate.
You also did not tell me which visa you came back with ( H-1B or similar or J or what ) , nor which country are you from -- these may have a bearing
Is there more I can do for you ? If so please consider answering my questions in FULL
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