The only way to get either the stimulus money or the child tax credit is by filing a tax return. There is no "portal" on the IRS site to use. If you cannot be claimed as someone else's dependent on a 2021 tax return you can get the 3rd stimulus and/or the child tax credit on a 2021 tax return.
Make sure you have entered your child as a dependent in My Info, and that you have entered the child's Social Security number. Careful— do not say that your child’s SSN is not valid for employment. If your child was born in 2021 make sure you said he lived with you the whole year. There is an oddly worded question that asks if the child paid over half their own support. Say NO to that question.
If you did NOT receive any of the advance child tax credit payments between July and December you can get it on your tax return--it will show up on line 28. If you received the advance payments then you can get the other "half" on line 28.
If you did not receive the 3rd stimulus you can get the $1400 per person on line 30 by using the recovery rebate credit in Federal Review.
Check your bank account to see you received deposits last year for the stimulus and/or the child tax credit payments, since so many people have become confused and do not know what they received or when they received it.
And....check your online IRS account to see what the IRS shows for you.
https://www.irs.gov/payments/your-online-account
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