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    Mar 16, 2008, 09:46 PM
    Tax filing for L2 dependent visa holder
    Hello Sir

    I am an L1B visa holder and I have been here in US for the last 19 months.
    I had filed my returns last year.
    I recently got married (5 months back) and my wife is with me in Newjersey.

    She is not working. I have applied for her ead and hope to get it by this month end.
    I can get her ssn only after getting her ead.
    I haven't applied for her tax ID# either.

    I would like to know how do I file my returns showing my wife as a dependent...

    I don't know how many days will it take for me to get the tax id# if I apply for her tax id# now.

    Please advise how do I go about this now...

    Appreciate your help

    Thanks & best regards
    Pradeep
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    AtlantaTaxExpert Posts: 21,836, Reputation: 846
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    May 1, 2008, 02:06 PM
    You MUST have either an ITIN or SSN to claim your non-resident alien wife as a dependent.

    Now, you CAN file Married Filing Separately and merely give her name on your return. You put the words "non-resident alien" where her SSN would go.

    If you have not yet filed your return and file for her ITIN NOW (on 1 May 2008), it probably would not be issued until sometime in late June/early July. The ITIN procesing gets a real large backlog of ITIN applicatuons around this time of year
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