@-w--sy48 , while recognizing comments b y colleague @AmeliesUncle , and going over your answers above, let us just re-capitulate what the situation as I see it :
(a) you came here in 2015 and assuming that there were NO other visitations priorly, you would have been a Non-Resident alien and exempt ( from counting days present ) through 12/31/2019. Thus you would have been a Resident for Tax purposes for the years 2020 and 2021.
(b) Because you left the country in July 2022, you would have been a Resident for Tax purposes till that date and assuming that your visa to stay had expired, you would have been a Non-Resident Alien thereafter. Thus you should have a 2022 return as Dual Status --- Resident from 01/01/2022 till 07/10/2022 ( filed on form 1040 ) and for the period 07/XX/2022 till 12/31/2022 as a Non-Resident Alien ( on form 1040-NR for any US sourced / connected income ).
(c) You re-entered US on 10/XX/2023 with H-1B and thus you are a Resident Alien for the year 2023 because you will probably pass the SPT ( probably 90 days in 2023 + 1/3 of a8 all days in 2022 = 63? + 1/6 the days in 2021 =60 days approx. = =213 days > than the required 183 days. So you file as a resident on form 1040 but your residency start date of 10/xx/2023 may exclude the use of standard deduction ( because generally the first day of presence in the country is the start date of Residency , in SPT cases..
Does this make sense or have I missed something ?
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