Filing without a SSN

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January 31, 2024
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I am working with a client who is a US citizen with a spouse who applied for a US Visa and SSN. The processing time of the application is 6 months. We cannot file the return or extention without the SSN. Any advice? I have called the SSA and IRS and read through multiple IRS publications without a definitive answer. I see there is an "applied for" option in ProConnect where you enter the SSN. Can you file an extention with that? Thanks!

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Best answer by BobKamman

Sure you can. Just can't file electronically.

BobKammanAnswer

Level 15

Sure you can. Just can't file electronically.

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erubiczAuthor

Level 2

Thank you for the responses! If the ssn is still not available at the time of filing, is there any supporting documents that need to be submitted with the return? Form 8948 or the Visa/SSN application?

itonewbie

Level 15

@erubicz wrote:

Thank you for the responses! If the ssn is still not available at the time of filing, is there any supporting documents that need to be submitted with the return? Form 8948 or the Visa/SSN application?

Why would the processing of the SSN take so long that it may not be issued until after Oct? Isn't the foreign national spouse already in the US?

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itonewbie

Level 15

If you have every certainty that they will (and should) file jointly, the extension you file electronically for the USC spouse will extend the joint return (but not for the foreign national spouse if they end up filing separately for the year). Otherwise, paper file the extension as Bob suggested.

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