KarenJ2
Expert Alumni

Get your taxes done using TurboTax

You will need to print and mail your return this year.

 

The easiest way is to file married filing separately and leave the SSN space in TurboTax blank, complete your return (ignore the review note that you are missing a SSN) and instead of e-file, print and mail your return.  You will need to write NRA (nonresident alien)  in the space for your wife's SSN on page one of the 1040.

 

If the software will not let you complete and print your return without a SSN or ITIN for your wife, you then need to enter a "dummy" SSN (305-44-0002) in the software and after printing your return, you need to "white-out" the "dummy" SSN and then enter NRA before mailing your return.

 

How to print and mail your return in TurboTax online

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