You can amend a return to add your spouse. You can request an ITIN with a tax return or separately.
You may not claim the child tax credit for a child with an ITIN. The child must have an SSN to be a qualifying child eligible for the child tax credit (CTC) and/or additional child tax credit (ACTC).
The Credit for Other Dependents is a tax credit available to taxpayers for each of their dependents who was a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or U.S. resident alien in 2021 but can't be claimed for the Child Tax Credit. The maximum credit amount is $500 for each dependent. But the credit can only reduce your tax and provides no benefit if you don't have any tax.
To be a qualifying child for the CTC and/or ACTC, the child must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national or U.S. resident alien, and must not have attained age 17 by the end of the tax year.
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