Yes, you can add her as a dependent. Make sure that you include ALL of her worldwide income also in the tax return.
I am preparing my tax return and claiming my mom who's GC application is still under review. There are two options "Lawful Permanent Resident (Green Card) or "Non resident alien". If I select Non resident alien the software (Taxact) I am using does not allow me to claim her dependent. I googled this and found Turbo Tax to have below information. Any advise what to do here, please?
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Residency and Relationship
The technical term that the IRS uses to meet the relationship requirement for these tax and life situations is “Qualifying Relative”. This means that the person you’re caring for can be your parent, an in-law, or even a grandparent.
However, they must be related to you biologically, by adoption, or through marriage (which would technically be a biological relationship through your spouse).
And guess what? The IRS has residency requirements as well. To meet the resident requirement, the person you are caring for must meet one of the following:
■Be a legal US Citizen
■Be a US National
■Be a US Resident Alien
■Be a Resident of Canada or Mexico
For foreign, non-US-citizen parents to achieve official US resident status, they must be a recipient of a Green Card issued by the US government or have lived in the US for 183 days during the past tax year.
