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Social security number (SSN) required for child tax credit. Your child must have an SSN issued before the due date of your 2018 return (including extensions) to be claimed as a qualifying child for the child tax credit or additional child tax credit. If your dependent child has an ITIN, but not an SSN, issued before the due date of your 2018 return (including extensions), you may be able to claim the new credit for other dependents for that child.
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/steps-to-take-now-to-get-a-jump-on-next-years-taxes
Social security number (SSN) required for child tax credit. Your child must have an SSN issued before the due date of your 2018 return (including extensions) to be claimed as a qualifying child for the child tax credit or additional child tax credit. If your dependent child has an ITIN, but not an SSN, issued before the due date of your 2018 return (including extensions), you may be able to claim the new credit for other dependents for that child.
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/steps-to-take-now-to-get-a-jump-on-next-years-taxes
Edited to note that this is for 2017:
https://www.irs.gov/faqs/childcare-credit-other-credits/child-tax-credit
To file a tax return, taxpayers enter their ITIN in the space for the SSN on the tax return. An ITIN can also be used to claim the Child Tax Credit (CTC). To claim the CTC, a taxpayer and qualifying child must have either an SSN or an ITINand will enter it on Schedule 8812 “Additional Child Tax Credit.”
HOWEVER ... you must have the number BEFORE you file a return ... you cannot use it on an amended return.
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