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Looking at form 2555 instructions, I see that the tax home test requires 330 days of physical presence. I have been present in Canada 10 months during 2015 so I don not meet the home test criteria?

And how big is big time?

> I presume you filed a departure return for Canada, and, because of tuition credits, paid little tax in Canada?

I have not done anything for my Canadian taxes yet.

> So, how was your 1040 filed? with or without forms 2555 and/or 1116?

Neither 2555/1116 was used. Only 1040 was used and we are ...

I am a Canadian citizen. I lived and worked the first 10 months of 2015 in Canada together with my US spouse and then we permanently moved (emigrated) to the US Nov 2015. I went in to file my taxes in a local H&R Block branch here in California yesterday but I am not sure if the tax consultant did ...