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Actually, you DO have to file, because the threshold that applies to U.S. citizens and residents, at $4,350, does NOT apply to dual-status aliens. You have to file if your income is $500 or more.

Schedule B will be required, and the FBAR (FinCen Form 114), a separate INFORMATION ONLY report, has to be filed electronically.

If you want MY help filing the dual-status return, email me at the...

Read my earlier posting about NOT filing a dual-status return as an amateur.

In which state did you work in 2018?

You got right. You can file as a resident and claim all world-wide income received in 2018, then claim the Foreign Tax Credit to use the taxes paid to another country to offset the U.S. tax. That...