Obtaining ITIN

[svsn 0]

Hello All VJers,

I have a question.

I am a US citizen and got married last year in July and have filed for I-130 and I-129F. When I was doing my taxes this year I tried to apply by filing for "Married filing jointly" but since my wife is not in the US I don't have a soc sec # for her. Since I didn't have a SS# for her the return got rejected. I ended up filing for Head of household.

After reading couple of topics on this it looks like I should apply for an ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number) for my wife (who is still waiting for visa outside of USA) and then re apply as married filing jointly?

[indianheart 2]

Your wife will have to go to US embassy to get a notarized copy of her passport and send you a signed W-7 (that is a IRS form) that can be downloaded at the IRS website. Those need to be sent in with your 1040 for them to give you assign ITIN.

I just filed my taxes. I called IRS last winter to varify what forms I would need and the type of notarized copy of passport. If you use passport you only need that one document, if you use other forms of ID you have to use 3 types of photo ID and they all have to be notarized by USA notary at the embassy (the cost is horrible...30$ for the first page and 20$ for each one there after, so I would recommend using passport and making the copy with all pertinant pages of passport on one page)

[svsn 0]

Thank you.

Your wife will have to go to US embassy to get a notarized copy of her passport and send you a signed W-7 (that is a IRS form) that can be downloaded at the IRS website. Those need to be sent in with your 1040 for them to give you assign ITIN.

I just filed my taxes. I called IRS last winter to varify what forms I would need and the type of notarized copy of passport. If you use passport you only need that one document, if you use other forms of ID you have to use 3 types of photo ID and they all have to be notarized by USA notary at the embassy (the cost is horrible...30$ for the first page and 20$ for each one there after, so I would recommend using passport and making the copy with all pertinant pages of passport on one page)