Apply ITIN for my wife. How long will it take ?

[shyamsah]

Critter-3: Thnak you very much. if address may be the issue, then how do I resolve this/ Can I change/inform through my  IRS account? I checked in my account and saw no notices so far.

[Critter-3]

All you can do in this situation is call and ask for them to be resent.  

[shyamsah]

Critter-3: I tried doing so. They said that they don't have any information their system. I will call again and see. Thank you very much for taking your time to help me out. I very much appreciate it.

[Nevada37]

I don’t know if I am in the same situation I problably will try to go to an IRS office in person  All this people like Aceptance Agents etc some maybe good others just wat to make business and doesn’t care if they make any mistake So be careful better try directly with IRS That’s no much what I can say 

[tbird5783]

Just give you guys an update on my timeline

Apr 1st, Delivered to IRS Austin ITIN Operation

July 26th, ITIN rejected, missing resident name on line e(I just happened to call on that date, they told me just rejected in the morning,lol)

July 27th Notice Date

July 31th, rejection letter received

Aug 2nd, passport returned

I live in Austin, so can mail quicker.

[Mike9241]

only the IRS can answer your question.

but see your options

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/how-do-i-apply-for-an-itin 

[Nevada37]

Hi I am in a similar situation ITIN rejected so we have to send supporting documents related to the tax and a new W7 together with the notice to the address on the top witch is the same PO Box and address for the ITIN CENTER 
So my question is :

How long is going to take now???  
since we already have a case number do you think they will process this faster?  🙏

Please any answer Thank you

[Critter-3]

How long it will take is a crap shoot this year ... some have reported it taking between 8 to 10 weeks however yours could take more or less time. 

[Nevada37]

So it doesn’t matter to send it with a case number It has to pass the whole process again Right? 

[Nevada37]

Hi iI can understand very well since the day your ITIN was rejected  and you sent the documents How many weeks it took until you received a. ITIN? Thank you

[sspacecadett]

is there a particular time that is best to call such that they will actually pick up? I call daily and I am being thrown off by the system, which says to call back due to high amount of calls.

thanks

[panlau]

We usually called at 11 am PST. You have to wait more than an hour in order to talk to the staff. So far we are able to call four times. 

[Critter-3]

Usually calling at 7am  your time zone works best ...

Here is the normal method to reach a live IRS agent when they are operating smoothly, and I'll also tell you below how to reach the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service, if needed.

IRS:  800-829-1040 (7AM-7 PM local time) Monday-Friday

When calling the IRS do not choose the first choice re: "Refund", or it will send you to an automated phone line.

• First choose your language.  Then listen to each menu before making the selection.
• Then press 2 for "personal income tax".
• Then press 1 for "form, tax history, or payment".  
• Then press 3 "for all other questions."
• Then press 2 "for all other questions." 
• It may then ask for your SSN, but do not enter it.  Just wait.    If it asks for SSN a second time, still do not enter it.
• Then it will get "tired", and you'll get another menu.  Choose 2 for "personal".
• Then in the next menu choose 4 for "all other inquiries", and it should transfer you to an agent but expect a long wait.
• I usually use a speakerphone so I can work on something else while waiting.

If you continue to have no luck reaching the IRS, you can try contacting the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service for your area.    They are especially prone to help if you have an economic hardship, or if there have been continued delays with lack of info from the IRS.    At the following IRS website, find the USA map and click on your state, and it will give you the number of your IRS Taxpayer Advocate.    If the Taxpayer Advocate can't/won't help you, ask them to transfer you to an an IRS agent.  A couple of users reported that at least for them, that was a backdoor route to the IRS.

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Contact-a-Local-Taxpayer-Advocate

Also see this article for more info on how the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service works::
http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc104.html

[sspacecadett]

thanks!

[sspacecadett]

Finally got through to the IRS.

Update:

May 15 - W7 package sent

June 1 - package received by IRS

Aug 23 - called IRS, spoke to agent, the documents have not been processed yet. Asked not to contact for the next 11 weeks, cited backlog. Contact only after 11 weeks following the phone call.

hope this helps someone