Oh yeh, I also wanted to say that I thought I would not meet the residency requirements to get the tax exclusion but the IRS rep said that I can file taxes starting from the date I arrived in CH...which for me was may. Since we are Americans abroad we automatically get an extension for filing which for me meant that I would then fulfill the residency requirements and so be able to claim tax exclusion. Turbotax helped me through this easily.

I was pretty concerned for a while that I was going to be financially ruined if I did not meet the residency requirements...because if I didn't well then I would be taxed doubly...which is what I wanted to avoid from the very start.