I’m in the same boat. I think I can expedite itin

it’s 7 weeks

It's hard enough filing consular processing to bring a spouse and it makes the filing of the taxes that much more difficult. I'm a US citizen and I kept trying to e-file taxes myself like I normally do on H & R block, and then TurboTax but it kept preventing because my husband resides in his home country with no ITIN or SSN. I had to hire an accountant to tell me basically you can't e-file the tax return, you fill out the form and mail to the IRS, and for the SSN of your husband you enter the numbers 999-99-9999 because you have to input something in that field. If your spouse doesn't file as a resident, you can file as Married Filing Separately. This is the default filing status for a U.S. citizen married to a nonresident alien.

I think if you file manually and attach w-7

@Shari 07 I’m checking YouTube I’ll update you

@april 2022, but do you have to attach the supporting identification like the passport of your spouse when filing manually

@S H thanks

@Shari 07 according to what I read yea. but you can certify her passport.. I need to figure this out asap as I live in CA and filing is oct. plz also let me know if you find something . I’ll also contact turbo tax today..

@april 2022 thanks I’ll also contact IRS today and I’ll let you know

@Shari 07 is your wife in the US?

@Ja R no

@Shari 07 yes plz plz let me know. my wife is outside the US

ok

@Shari 07 then why file tax return together? i mean if they’re outside the US, it should make sense to file separately cause theyre not a tax resident here

that’s what I tried to did married filing separately but through filing electronically it asks for either ITIN or SSN

@Shari 07 put 999-999-9999 and print it. I think that’s what turbo tax told me. but did you ask the IRS if we can send the itin form with our tax return?

@april 2022 just print it out and send it; that’s how I did, and they accepted it

awesome 👏 thx I’ll do that :) I’ll send it in 2 weeks

@Shari 07 thank you!