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You have to be flexible when using Turbotax. It's not living with you that is the basis for claiming the child as a dependent or taking the Child Tax Credit. It's living with your wife. You have to include her as a co-filer. She is the one that lived with the child for the full year. She's the US taxpayer. She's the one entitled to claim the child as her dependent and taking the CTC.

Why are taking tax advice from your visa/AOS service? Are they tax preparers also?

They are not tax experts by any stretch. But since this was a specific problem related to immigration I ask how are other in this situation handling it.

Their other clients that have this problem have handled it simply with out needing lots of special forms by just leaving them off until you get SSN and then file an amended return.

Thanks for the advice. In stead of answering the question from just my prospective I need to answer the questions from both of our prospectives since it is a joint return.

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