Help, Need Experiance from a fillipino with a U.S. ITIN

[mizhael smith 0]

We need help from someone who currently has or had a ITIN issued by the U.S.

My wife lives in the Philippines and we just submitted the i-130 a few days ago, but it is tax time, and i would like to file jointly.

she needs a certified copy of her passport for me to submit the form W-7

some people have told us to just notarize it, but the instructions for the W-7 say its not good enough because the Philippines is not party to the hauge convention.

Please let me know if anyone has any experience getting this true copy of the passport, and if so how did you do it?

or was the Philippine notary public stamp good enough to get an ITIN.

thank you.

mike.

[Matt and Evieve 1]

My concern also.

[rin and john 71]

Info on notary service from US Embassy in Manila here.

http://manila.usembassy.gov/service/notary.html

A few pages down it addresses W-7. You may want to e-mail them with questions.

I had to do the same for Rin at the embassy in Bangkok, but I went in with her. They knew exactly what I needed. Another consideration will be the return itself. You'll need her signature on it. I was fortunate enough to be in Thailand in March so was able to have Rin sign (I think she had to sign both the W-7 and the return).

John