SSN number and ITIN number

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What are SSN and ITIN nos?

Can we start the process of getting SSN nos. and ITIN nos. from India while visa process is going on for US?

[Inky 1,111]

You can only get an SSN number if you are in the USA.

[sweetapple 1]

You can apply for ITIN when your spouse is still in India. Submit form W7, form 1040 of the current tax year at the time you apply for ITIN, her passport, your marriage certificate. You should hire IRS Acceptance Agent to submit for you. Here is the list of IRS Acceptance Agent

http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96304,00.html

[jkelly07 120]

IF YOU WANT A ITIN JUST DOWNLOAD IT.IRS.GOV form w-7 read the instructions wher to mail it tohave your wife sign it sent it to you you fill it sign it send a copy of your us passport a copy of your marriage certificate,send all that along with the w-7 to austin tx address only thats the department that handles the w-7

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What is the relevance and requirement of these numbers?

[Inky 1,111]

What is the relevance and requirement of these numbers?

Really?

You need an SSN to - get a bank account, get put on someones bank account, get a job, buy a house, rent an apartment, have car insurance, have medical insurance, get a credit card, file taxes. The list goes on and on.

An ITIN lets you file taxes even though you do not live or work in the USA.

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Thanks that confirms what I knew, But I just wanted to know their relevance in India or any abroad from US