Rekha2064:

Your excerpts is very clear in itself to tell you that you can not claim her as a dependent. When pub 519 considers even students who are here for 2-4 years as a temporary person, how come you can assume that a perosn in B1/B2 who are here for just 3-12 months considered as a resident?

Isn't it insane? Please don't pretend to be ignorant. You know it. It has proven in your writing and excerpts. You are in desperate attempt to save some bucks. Sorry to be harse on you but your whole attempt here justifies that you are just trying to impose your belief that you should be able to claim her as your dependent. Sorry, you can not do it legally.

Please do not think Nepthug420 will give you any good news to quench your desperate thirst of saving money. This is the tax season. He definitely has better thing to do in life rather than to try to wake somebody up who is pretending to be asleep. Sorry to be harse on you again.

Purush