My wife and I moved to the US in 2023. We have a 5 y/o. Wife doesn't work. Filed taxes as "married, filing jointly" with 1 dependent in-person at the IRS office with the two ITIN applications for wife and child. My wife's one was approved but the kid's was denied. The reason they stated in the mail response was that some documentation is missing but the IRS person who was accepting our application confirmed that we had everything required for the ITIN application. Same happened after the second attempt, even though IRS lady confirmed we had everything for the ITIN to be granted. The 2023 tax was accepted by the IRS but recalculated as they subtracted the dependent benefit since my child was denied the ITIN and he can't be counted as dependent. So is the fact that my wife doesn't work was the reason we couldn't claim our kid as dependent and ITIN was denied?
