Hi, thanks for your kind help. I am married and my husband lives in China, and it is not possible for him to apply the SSN, and how to solve it.

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I am a resident alien, and my husband lives in China,  so in the personal info, I wrote the married status and I selected the file jointly, and the system reminded me that I must fill my husband' SSN in the Form, and I do not know how to solve it.  I very appreciate your kind help.

[LinaJ2018 · Accepted solution]

If you are filing Married Filing Jointly, without a SSN or ITIN, you cannot e-file your tax return with TurboTax.  However, you can still use TurboTax program to prepare your tax forms and submit them by mail. 

-In the program, as you enter the information, leave the SSN space blank

-After entering all your information, print out returns and required forms ( write APPLIED in the SSN space) 

-As TurboTax does not support the Form W-7, fill out the forms by following

 https://www.irs.gov/Individuals/General-ITIN-Information and attach to other required  documentation

-Submit everything including your tax forms to IRS Austin location in Texas.  ( Form W-7 instructions)