My niece is under asylee status ad she has been living with me for over a year. She has a SS#, what is her citizenship status?

[bine22]

She would be a resident alien, since she meets the substantial presence test.

[fleuranvil86]

Ok, there is not a resident alien selection in the dropdown, only US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, and NonResident.

[fanfare]

Select Legal Permanent Resident (the other two don't apply).

[bine22]

US citizen can also be selected, as resident aliens are taxed just line US residents or permanent residents (this selection does not appear on the return anyway)

[fanfare]

Accurate information is required for the tax software to make correct determinations of applicable tax code in addition to the basic exemption for a dependent.

[bine22]

resident aliens are not permanent residents either, so it really does not matter, which of the two to choose.

[fanfare]

If that is so, they might as well enter "Niece".

[bine22]

dont be ridiculous.

[fanfare]

What is the difference between US Citizen (which is false) and niece (which is true).?

[bine22]

These comments are not helping the OP (niece has nothing to do with the residence status the OP asked about and probably does not appear in the list). Please just stop commenting.