case: mother entered US in Jan 2016, stayed in US since then, applied for
green card a few months after her arrival, now her status is green card
pending
mother has no health insurance in 2016
father still works in China, came to US twice in 2016 for short visits
question:
1. does my mother qualify as our dependent? Seems she does not qualify
because she is an alien (not US citizen or permanent resident), but she is a
resident for tax purpose since she's been in US long enough, so I'm
confused here.
2. if she qualifies as dependent, can she get exemption for no coverage (e.g
., code 'C', certain non-citizen)?
concern:
if she qualifies as dependent, we will have to pay her penalty of no
coverage even if we do not claim her as dependent on our tax return. I'm
very sure about this based on the research I did these days. So the solution
is (1) to find some evidence to prove that she does not qualifies as
dependent, (2) find some evidence that she can get exemption