how long you get ITIN number after filing jointly with non-resident spouse?

[hopelifebetter201 72]

I see on IRS website they said 7 weeks, how about yours ? 

[Italian_in_NYC 259]

In my experience (as a tax professional dealing with many international clients), I'd say the average is 4-5 weeks, if they have the right documentation.

[EandH0904 1,184]

On 1/22/2018 at 3:56 PM, Italian_in_NYC said:

In my experience (as a tax professional dealing with many international clients), I'd say the average is 4-5 weeks, if they have the right documentation.

In your experience (as a tax professional dealing with many international clients), if I have dependents at home and have not lived with my spouse for all of 2017 (We just got married in November) - is it more worthwhile to apply for HOH instead of MFJ? I meet the criteria for HOH and would prefer to get my refund sooner rather than later. If I file as HOH and then amend the return to MFJ and apply for ITIN after the fact, is that acceptable practice, or does the ITIN need to be filed with an original tax document only? 

 

I've seen two accountants, one said you can do ITIN only with original application, the other suggested I file HOH for a quicker rebate then amend it - I'm not sure which one is right! 

[hopelifebetter201 72]

26 minutes ago, EandH0904 said:

In your experience (as a tax professional dealing with many international clients), if I have dependents at home and have not lived with my spouse for all of 2017 (We just got married in November) - is it more worthwhile to apply for HOH instead of MFJ? I meet the criteria for HOH and would prefer to get my refund sooner rather than later. If I file as HOH and then amend the return to MFJ and apply for ITIN after the fact, is that acceptable practice, or does the ITIN need to be filed with an original tax document only? 

 

I've seen two accountants, one said you can do ITIN only with original application, the other suggested I file HOH for a quicker rebate then amend it - I'm not sure which one is right! 

yeah i heard that too. you can file as HOH if you qualify then amend it when your spouse have SSN.

[hopelifebetter201 72]

On 1/22/2018 at 1:56 PM, Italian_in_NYC said:

In my experience (as a tax professional dealing with many international clients), I'd say the average is 4-5 weeks, if they have the right documentation.

that take for ITIN only or for getting  tax return done? 

[Italian_in_NYC 259]

On ‎1‎/‎30‎/‎2018 at 12:15 PM, EandH0904 said:

In your experience (as a tax professional dealing with many international clients), if I have dependents at home and have not lived with my spouse for all of 2017 (We just got married in November) - is it more worthwhile to apply for HOH instead of MFJ? I meet the criteria for HOH and would prefer to get my refund sooner rather than later. If I file as HOH and then amend the return to MFJ and apply for ITIN after the fact, is that acceptable practice, or does the ITIN need to be filed with an original tax document only? 

 

I've seen two accountants, one said you can do ITIN only with original application, the other suggested I file HOH for a quicker rebate then amend it - I'm not sure which one is right! 

Those are two different options. I tend not to advise to file returns you already know are going to be amended.

Although it never happened to me at work, I am pretty sure you can file a W7 with an amended return as well.

[Thozelle 16]

On 1/30/2018 at 11:56 AM, hopelifebetter201 said:

that take for ITIN only or for getting  tax return done? 

In our case we filed w7 with ammended return. took about 4 weeks to get ITIN notice and 8 weeks more before we got the tax return. If you are getting a return it will be a paper check with both names on it.