If I'm not mistaken, when you file your tax return, even if you're married filing separately, you'll need your spouse's SSN or ITIN. If that is the case, and my spouse is outside the country, and I can't receive a W7, which is the form used to apply for an ITIN since the spouse is not in the country, how can you file Married filing separate? At that time of filling the tax return, the system does not permit me. I attempted to bypass the SSN box, but the system would to let me.
Please advise on how I can do that.
thanks.