bethlehemguy
Mar 16, 2009, 04:40 PM
Hello,
I am on H1-B visa since last 3 years. Got married in 2008. Wife is on H4 visa. She does not work so she does not have an SSN # and does not qualify for the same. I have read that I will need an ITIN # to file together. But I don't know the process.
1) Do I finish up 1040 and fill up W-7 form and send it as tax return form and that is it?
2) Or first I fill up W-7 form to get ITIN number and only after I get ITIN number then work on 1040 and send it?
3) Also what about state and local returns? They to require spouse's SSN#, what do I do there?
Thank you.
I am on H1-B visa since last 3 years. Got married in 2008. Wife is on H4 visa. She does not work so she does not have an SSN # and does not qualify for the same. I have read that I will need an ITIN # to file together. But I don't know the process.
1) Do I finish up 1040 and fill up W-7 form and send it as tax return form and that is it?
2) Or first I fill up W-7 form to get ITIN number and only after I get ITIN number then work on 1040 and send it?
3) Also what about state and local returns? They to require spouse's SSN#, what do I do there?
Thank you.