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Asking for a friend? That's a new way to approach this place.
This has nothing to do with anything: "even though she came to the USA and became a resident after the first stimulus check was sent?"
Perhaps it would help to review what is really happening:
The funds were paid out as Advanced payment against a projection. The projection used 2018 or 2019 tax returns. But 2020 is the Actuals. You use the 2020 return to reconcile what a person is entitled to, against what they got.
You might want to bookmark these links and read the IRS guidance.
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/economic-impact-payment-information-center-topic-a-eip-eligibility
https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/second-eip-faqs#Eligibility
One for each EIP.
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