If your child is born in 2021 you have two options. You can either wait and file them next year and get the Child Tax Credit then, or you can use the Child Tax Credit Update Portal and add your child. Here is the link, https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/child-tax-credit-update-portal Per the IRS website the option to make changes to dependents will be available late summer.
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