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

[vijukul]

I'm in the same boat too. infact, my wife's application for ITIN was rejected since I submitted a notarized copy of the passport. I called IRS and they said the embassy should be able to certify the passport.



I have not done it yet.

[kabkaba]

That's too bad, why do you need it? Because from what I understand ITIN application has to accompany a return and this is not a return filing season.

[ihrocks]

IRS has specifically mentioned that notarized copies are not accepted anymore so going to a notary won't work anymore.

[kabkaba]

Find a notary nearby and get a certified copy of the data page of passport from them.

[rnarang]

Hi folks,

We'll be shortly moving to CA, and in order to be eligible for tax exemption available on dependents,I'd be applying for ITIN for my child.
However I came to know that the recent changes in the ITIN application process mandates submitting the passport either in original or in the
form of a certified copy
The original passport could then be retained for sometime. As you can now guess, I'd choose not to submit any original
document. But I also don't know how to procure a certified copy of the passport.

Do you have any pointers? Can this be obtained from the Indian embassy in the US?

-thanks

Hi Santosh,

Did you get answer to your above question? i also need to apply ITIN for my son but my tax consultant told that even certified copies from consulate are also getting rejected as there does not seem to be any provision of certified copy for passport? i believe only option is to send the original passport with certified mail with return receipt for safety purpose.

Regards
Rajesh

[raj33221]

Need to know the procedure/forms to fill to get certified passport copy for ITIN

Hi,

Iam also in the same situation.

My wife is in India and we want to get a certified passport copy for ITIN in USA.

Kindly share the procedure/forms asap.

Thanks,
Rajesh

[santoshb]

Hi folks,

We'll be shortly moving to CA, and in order to be eligible for tax exemption available on dependents,I'd be applying for ITIN for my child.
However I came to know that the recent changes in the ITIN application process mandates submitting the passport either in original or in the
form of a certified copy
The original passport could then be retained for sometime. As you can now guess, I'd choose not to submit any original
document. But I also don't know how to procure a certified copy of the passport.

Do you have any pointers? Can this be obtained from the Indian embassy in the US?

-thanks