claiming my alien wife as my spouse on tax return

[Azaam Salem 4]

My wife is currently awaiting interview with NVC. I am filing my tax return jointly with my wife and I don't know what to do about her nothing having a SSN or ITIM number. What should i do?

[Khallaf 650]

1 minute ago, Azaam Salem said:

My wife is currently awaiting interview with NVC. I am filing my tax return jointly with my wife and I don't know what to do about her nothing having a SSN or ITIM number. What should i do?

you can contact a CAA in your area, but you will need to have her original passport or supporting documents, and then you need to have a w7 with a wet signature. I had my husband send them from Egypt so that I can file our taxes together.

[Azaam Salem 4]

Whats caa? iam in jordan right now

3 minutes ago, Khallaf said:

you can contact a CAA in your area, but you will need to have her original passport or supporting documents, and then you need to have a w7 with a wet signature. I had my husband send them from Egypt so that I can file our taxes together.

can i send my tax return by mail and just include form w7 to irs?

[Khallaf 650]

Just now, Azaam Salem said:

Whats caa? iam in jordan right now

can i send my tax return by mail and just include form w7 to irs?

you can only do it by mail, but if you just sent it to the IRS you MUST send either the original passport for her, or a certified copy that was provided by the issuing agent. so whatever government or country she is in, she needs to get you an offical certified copy and then you would leave the SSN field for her blank and mail the papers to Texas.

[Azaam Salem 4]

4 minutes ago, Khallaf said:

you can only do it by mail, but if you just sent it to the IRS you MUST send either the original passport for her, or a certified copy that was provided by the issuing agent. so whatever government or country she is in, she needs to get you an offical certified copy and then you would leave the SSN field for her blank and mail the papers to Texas.

Do i all do at the same time with my tax return and just await refund?

[Khallaf 650]

Just now, Azaam Salem said:

Do i all do at the same time with my tax return and just await refund?

go onto https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw7.pdf download the W7, have her fill it out or you fill it for her, send it to her via email for her to print out and sign, and then send it to you in the mail with her certified copy of her passport.

 

once you get that you can send that in with the taxes you prepare it takes 10-12 weeks

[Azaam Salem 4]

3 minutes ago, Khallaf said:

go onto https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw7.pdf download the W7, have her fill it out or you fill it for her, send it to her via email for her to print out and sign, and then send it to you in the mail with her certified copy of her passport.

 

once you get that you can send that in with the taxes you prepare it takes 10-12 weeks

 

Great instructions. Thanks.

[Khallaf 650]

2 minutes ago, Azaam Salem said:

 

Great instructions. Thanks.

I went to a CAA here in usa because my husband send me his orig passport, and not a certified copy, and I do not want to mail the orig passport in the mail.

[Azaam Salem 4]

5 minutes ago, Khallaf said:

I went to a CAA here in usa because my husband send me his orig passport, and not a certified copy, and I do not want to mail the orig passport in the mail.

It's not very reasonable for them to request a the original passport by mail

[Khallaf 650]

1 minute ago, Azaam Salem said:

It's not very reasonable for them to request a the original passport by mail

its scary, and I need to take it back to him when I go there in a few months, so I can't wait for it to go down there and back.

[Khallaf 650]

4 minutes ago, Azaam Salem said:

It's not very reasonable for them to request a the original passport by mail

I will warn you that sending those papers via MAIL are very expensive, my husband had a friend coming into the USA so he sent the papers with his friend

[Azaam Salem 4]

2 minutes ago, Khallaf said:

I will warn you that sending those papers via MAIL are very expensive, my husband had a friend coming into the USA so he sent the papers with his friend

I will wait till March when i return or see if i can scan the certified copy to my brother in the US and have it mail it.

[Khallaf 650]

32 minutes ago, Azaam Salem said:

I will wait till March when i return or see if i can scan the certified copy to my brother in the US and have it mail it.

CAA is a certified authorized agent, someone who is granted powers by the irs to see orig documents, and mark the form they have seen the original, many of them want money.

 

While you are in Jordan, go to the office that approves the passports and get a certified paper copy of your wifes passport, and when you return you can send down the certified copy with our IRS tax return all down to the address for the W7 form.

[Mill&bill 132]

On 2/2/2018 at 4:13 AM, Khallaf said:

CAA is a certified authorized agent, someone who is granted powers by the irs to see orig documents, and mark the form they have seen the original, many of them want money.

 

While you are in Jordan, go to the office that approves the passports and get a certified paper copy of your wifes passport, and when you return you can send down the certified copy with our IRS tax return all down to the address for the W7 form.

What is benefits of tax filling jointly?

[Khallaf 650]

2 hours ago, Mill&bill said:

What is benefits of tax filling jointly?

if your spouse out of the country has no income you are able to claim the exemption for them on the tax return adjusting about another 1500 in refund depending on the amount you made.

if you have no kids filing married not together, your tax exemption is only 6500 but married filing joint is 12,000