Hi Guys, I have been scouring the pages for some how what is exactly needed when applying for the ITIN from the IRS. My wife and I were married last year in China and are planing on filing my US Taxes jointly for our first time. She does not currently qualify for a SSN as she is Chinese and has never been to the US. We are currently based in Hebei province close to Beijing and submitted our application for her I-130 to USCIS in January. According to the W7 instructions: She has never been to the US (no date of entry stamp), thus, more documentation is required than her passport when submitting the W7. She has both her ID card, a translated copy of her birth certificate from a Chinese Consulate (commonly know as the white book), and her passport. My Question is, what is needed to make these "certified" so that the IRS will accept them as legitimate and process her W7 without any issues? 1) For her passport, if we take a photocopy and the original to get them notarized at a US Consulate, does that count as "Certified"? 2) Does a white book need to be authenticated by the Consulate before it can be used in the US? 3) Does a Chinese ID card also need a white book to translate it to be used? Thanks in advance. The Kings
