anybody experienced to notarized her philippine passport at notary office at U.S EMBASSY for the U.S tax filling jointly? Just recently? Please some advice

You can have your passport notarized at any notary public offices here in the Philippines. You'll also need a copy of your 2008 Community Tax Certificate (CTC).

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You can have your passport notarized at any notary public offices here in the Philippines. You'll also need a copy of your 2008 Community Tax Certificate (CTC).
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my husband said his kind of very skeptical person and want to make sure regarding on this documents. His the one want me to go to embassy to notarize my passport. How much did you pay to notarized your passport at public notary office? im from davao city

I had my passport notarized in one of the notary public offices at the Makati City Hall. Paid 25 pesos per copy. Make sure to have an extra copy notarized just in case.

For US tax purposes, your passport notarized in the Philippines cannot be accepted. In my opinion, I do not think IRS would recognize that. We filed jointly last month and H&R Block just photocopied my Philippine passport for my W-7. Maybe because they tax preparer saw me in person.

The IRS W-7 form for the ITIN requires a certified copy of the foreign citizen's passport. Early last year my asawa took her passport and color copies of the required pages to the regional Dept of Foreign Affairs office in Tacloban (the passport issuing agency). The DFA gave her a certification letter on DFA letterhead certifying that the copy was authentic also stamping and initialling the copies. She mailed these documents to me, which were then included with my W-7 attached to my 2006 tax return with no problems. The ITIN was issued soon after. There was no notarizing needed and there was no fee. I guess it's just another acceptable method of doing this.

She had no job and no income, so there was no need for anything else. I received the benefit of filing a joint return which really boosted our refund for last year.

Another odd twist, since she was still in the Phils when I filed, she did NOT sign our joint return, only the W-7 form that was attached. IRS accepted it just fine. Others have stated that the foreign spouse must sign the original return, but that doesn't always seem to be so. If your spouse has arrived in the US early in the year and is present when you file, obviously the spouse should sign.

The IRS requires the passport be notarized by the Issuing Agency or at the US embassy ONLY.

If this is too much hassle, the US petioner can always file as single then amend it later when the beneficiary gets here in the states and receive her SS number.