As a F-1 visa holder, you are
considered as "exempt" meaning not counting days for five years
starting from the date of your first arrival in the United States. After
the five years period, you will start counting days by using the Substantial Presence Test SPT to see if you qualify to be
treated as a US resident for tax purposes.
In your situation, you changed to H-1B visa during the five year periods ( 2013-2017), and did not meet the SPT after being on the H-1B visa, therefore, in default, you are considered as a nonresident for the tax year of 2016 unless you want to make an election of FirstYearChoice- (see under Residency
Starting Date under the First-Year Choice), to make yourself as a dual status.
-As TurboTax does not support the Form 1040-NR, you are
advised to use our partner,
Sprintax
to complete your filing.
