Certified Indian passport copy for ITIN (How to get it ?)

[phanicon]

Hi Phanicon,
Did you get your refund. How long was it actually took after you receive tour ITIN and what was the updated status In the IRS 'Where's My Refund' tool.

Please share

I got my refund on April 24th

[gurunathp]

I also did the same thing, not received any information from them till now. What is your next plan?

I also followed the same process - sent certified copy of the passport (from India). Today I have received notice that asking for passport again. Problem is the notice doesn't tell or provide any info about what is wrong with the passport copy. I have two options left over -
1. resend the passport copy again
2. loose the return

If any one encounter this kind of notice, please post what you have done.

Thank you

[Abhishek Vasudevan]

Hi All ,

I went to local IRS 3 weeks back and submitted the W7 Application for ITIN for my wife. At that time they verified/certified her passport and took the application. Today i received notice from IRS asking to send original passport or certified copy. My wife is currently in India and will take some time for her to come back. Not sure why i got the notice again as the local IRS certified the passport and accepted the application. Did anyone face the same issue ? How do i get the certified copy of the passport from India ?
Should we get it from Regional passport office in india or from US Consulate in India ?

Thanks,
Tubati

same here. I went to the IRS office in merryville, indiana which they have listed in the IRS website as one of the IRS offices that do passport verification. But i got a mail from IRS office a couple of days back asking me to send the original passport or the certified copy from embassy.

Alternative is to send 1. proof of foreign status, state id (an id with photo) and original birth certificate instead of passport

[dnmech]

I also did the same thing, not received any information from them till now. What is your next plan?

I am waiting for any letter from them, only then i can plan my next step. My tax consultant also does not have any idea so far.

[swCinci]

Certified copies as precautionary measure

Hi,

With so many rejections taking place ,even after visiting the IRS TAC with original documents , my heart is sinking.

I called my wife from India , for this very purpose and applied the ITIN at Indianapolis TAC , on 8th of April , I didnt hear anything from IRS yet , as only 2 weeks have passed , the thing is she is going back to India on 6th of May and I am worried what if I get IRS query to send the original passport once she is not here.

In order to prepare myself for the worst , am planning to get the certified copies of her passport from Indian consulate before she leaves , can somebody please suggest if any consulate can do that or I need to go to the specific consulate for my state.

I live in Columbus and the nearest one is Chicago , but Ohio comes under NY consulate , I tried calling Indian Embassy Chicago and mailed them but didnt get any response.

[mikehill]

I would like to share the experience with my wife's ITIN process

March 4th 2013 - We went to TAC office near Dallas and submitted the ITIN application and the tax returns. We took her original passport and didn't take any certified copy from the Indian consulate.

April 5th 2013 - Got the ITIN no. with the notice date of April 3rd 2013.

April 14th 2013 - In the IRS 'Where's My Refund' tool, my tax application's status got updated to Return Received. I am hoping for the refund to get approved without any notice from IRS to send her original passport.

Hi Phanicon,
Did you get your refund. How long was it actually took after you receive tour ITIN and what was the updated status In the IRS 'Where's My Refund' tool.

Please share

[bn69531]

They rejected the application.

I also did the same thing, not received any information from them till now. What is your next plan?

[binoca82]

binoco82,

Can you please tell if this worked out for your friend? I am in the same situation as my wife's ITIN is suspended. I went to the TAC office in Cherry Hill, NJ with my wife, and got her passport verified by them. Now when I spoke to the IRS over phone, they said the documentation was invalid and asking to send the original passport (will receive the letter confirming this soon they told). If this option your friend tried worked out, I can definitely do the same by re-visting the same/different office. Please let me know.

Thanks

Yes, it worked and he got ITIN and refund.

[shal0821]

Tubati ,
One of my friend sent ITIN application with notarized copy. So he got a letter saying that he need to send the original passport. He went to one of the IRS office in that link (Parsippany, NJ) with that letter and the original passport. The IRS officer did certify a copy of the passport, took the letter he got and told that they will respond to the letter with the certified copy to the ITIN processing centre. He did that 2 weeks before, and yet to get a response on that. Just FYI - in case you want to try this with another office OR If you can a wait couple of weeks more, I should be able to provide an update on his application, in this thread.
Even I did the same like you on Feb 15 for my child, yet to get a response. I went to Fairfield, NJ office, it only took around 15 minutes, there was no rush.

binoco82,

Can you please tell if this worked out for your friend? I am in the same situation as my wife's ITIN is suspended. I went to the TAC office in Cherry Hill, NJ with my wife, and got her passport verified by them. Now when I spoke to the IRS over phone, they said the documentation was invalid and asking to send the original passport (will receive the letter confirming this soon they told). If this option your friend tried worked out, I can definitely do the same by re-visting the same/different office. Please let me know.

Thanks

[Balaaji]

Did any one had submitted original passport to IRS and got the passport back in mail?

[mikehill]

Today I did an express mail to IRS with 1. Attested passport front and last pages
2. Notarized visa and I94

Not sure how long I have to run this time...

[mikehill]

Thanks vishal for the info

Can u also tell us about money order? For how much I should take the money order to the embassy

[vishalagrawal1]

Thanks for the reply balaaji...

Can some one please list here, what documents are needed to carry in order to certify the passport copies at Indian embassy...

There are two ways to do this.. 1. you go to consulate with originals (which I preferred) 2. send them the documents and they send the documents back to you.

Option 1 is easy if you have consulate nearby. Carry 2 copy of your passport 1st and last pages. Thats all they needed. They did not certify the visa page or I-94.
In my response to IRS query I also submitted notarized I-94 and Visa pages along with certified passport just to be on safer side. Waiting for response now!!

Vishal

[vishalagrawal1]

Hi Nithyahari,
Did u sent your original passport to IRS...
I too got a notice from IRS asking me to submit the originals or certified copy...
I m n a confusion to send the original passport...please advise

I applied for ITIN for my wife through local IRS office and got the notice requesting to submit original or certified copy. I preferred to go to consulate and got a certified copy to them 2 weeks back. I have not received any response yet. I am keeping my fingers crossed. I would suggest to try with certified copy first, if you still get a notice or if the application gets rejected, you can try other options or send original passport. It will take time but you should receive the ITIN sooner or later.
I will post as soon an I receive an update.

Vishal

[mikehill]

Thanks for the reply balaaji...

Can some one please list here, what documents are needed to carry in order to certify the passport copies at Indian embassy...