Personal US tax ID for non-resident founders. Form W-7 prepared, certified passport handled or CAA route, IRS Cincinnati submission. 8-12 weeks IRS-side.
Non-resident foreign nationals needing a US personal tax ID. Common cases: opening PayPal/Stripe accounts for verification, filing personal US tax returns (US-source income, partnership K-1, real estate gains), verifying identity at US brokerages or banks, becoming a beneficial owner of a US LLC where tax reporting requires personal ID.
ITIN — Individual Taxpayer Identification Number — is the IRS's personal tax ID for individuals who are not eligible for a Social Security Number. The "Individual" in the name matters: ITIN is for a person, not an entity. If you're a non-US-resident founder of a US LLC, ITIN sits alongside your LLC's EIN — the EIN identifies the business to the IRS, the ITIN identifies you personally. ITIN is required for filing personal US tax returns (Form 1040-NR if you have US-source income), claiming partnership K-1 flows from a multi-member US LLC, US real estate gains, US brokerage account opening, and identity verification at Stripe and PayPal for higher-volume payment processing.
The Form W-7 application process has three structural parts: the form itself, the certified passport (or alternative ID), and the tax-obligation documentation. The form is straightforward. The passport part is the bottleneck for most non-residents — the IRS requires either the original passport (which no one wants to mail to Austin, Texas for 8-12 weeks) or a passport copy certified by either the issuing authority or by a Certifying Acceptance Agent (CAA). The CAA route is what makes our $299 service worth the money for most buyers: we work with established CAA partners who certify your passport via secure video verification, eliminating the need to mail your physical passport anywhere. The tax-obligation documentation is the third hurdle — Form W-7 requires you to specify which exception or attachment establishes your need for an ITIN. We pick the right exception on intake and prepare the supporting documents.
IRS processing is the slow leg. ITIN processing currently runs 8-12 weeks from the date IRS Austin Service Center receives the W-7 packet. There's no expedite path. Peak tax season (Jan-April) can stretch processing to 14-16 weeks. We submit within 1-2 business days of receiving your documents, but the rest is IRS-side. Common rejection reasons (about 8-12% of W-7s get rejected): insufficient tax-obligation documentation, expired passport, mismatched name across documents, missing CAA certification. We handle re-filing at no charge as part of the $299 — the rejection rate factored into the price. Most rejections resolve in a second filing window of 8-12 weeks. The end deliverable is the ITIN itself plus the CP-565 confirmation letter mailed by the IRS, which we forward via secure portal as soon as it arrives.
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The intake is short. Five minutes, maybe ten. Below is exactly what we'll ask and why we need each piece.
Before W-7 submitted: 100% refund minus Stripe processing fees. Cancel within 7 days of intake before we mail the W-7 packet.
After W-7 submitted: No refund — the work has been done. We continue handling IRS correspondence, re-submission if rejected, and final ITIN delivery regardless of timeline.
If IRS rejects your W-7: Re-filing included at no extra charge. We handle correction and re-submission. Most rejections resolve on second filing.
If IRS rejects twice and won't issue ITIN: Rare but possible (typically only when the tax obligation basis doesn't actually exist, or applicant is actually SSN-eligible). We refund $150 of the $299 if we have to abandon the application after two rejections.
If IRS processing takes longer than 16 weeks: No refund — outside our control. We escalate via IRS practitioner channels at no extra charge.
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5-minute WhatsApp intake. 8-12 weeks (IRS processing) turnaround.
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