I have foreign pension income and the payor does not have a "Federal identification number". Can I E-file the my Federal or New York tax returns?

I initially created substitute 1099-R with the "Federal identification number" blank and this went through all checks but the problem emerged at the final step before the E-filing.

I then changed to 1099-MISC and here the "Federal identification number" is required to pass the reviews.

I tried using 9s and 0s but these did not work.