Can I get ITIN for my wife who is in India
I am in USA on H1B since Feb 2008, but my wife and son who is 8 months old are in India only. My wife and son have H4 Visa but they did not join me yet. I filed my tax as "Single" status for year 2008 using H&R Block (as I did not know much about ITIN and H&R block did not tell me). I wish I could file "Married filling Joint" as I could get more returns on that.
My question is , Can I get ITIN for my wife and son even if they did not come to US for filing the tax as "Married filling Joint" status ? Or It is manadatory for my wife to come here in US for getting ITIN?
If I it is possible to get ITIN for my wife, then Can I file my tax again to claim the returns as Jointly?
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I have all the documents ready for the tax filing but am not sure how should I mail the documents to IRS from here in India. I was thinking of fedex but the IRS has PO Box addresses. Would fedex deliver to a PO Box address.
What would be the best w