@please_help , agreeing with my colleague @Opus 17 in that you may want to seek an extension for the filing of the state return ( you still need to pay any state tax liability by the usual due date of 15th of April ), you can indeed file your state return ( also by mail , just like the federal ) when you file the federal -- just attach a copy of the federal return and the W-7 ( not the attachments ). This tells the State that a request for ITIN is in the process and therefore they will hold off processing till ITIN is issued and the federal return processed. Note that federal return processing will also be on-hold till the ITIN issuance is in effect.
You just have to let the process work its way through. Only thing that is certain that any taxes paid with the returns will be processed in parallel.
Is there more one of us can do for you ?
