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Get or renew your ITIN from any state

Your passport never goes to the IRS. It comes to us, we certify it, and it goes back to you. We’re IRS Certified Acceptance Agents, and the whole thing runs on one fifteen-minute video call.

$249 all in. You start without paying anything.

Documents and a calculator on the desk where an ITIN application is prepared

What we promise in writing

  • Your passport is never mailed to the IRS.
  • It ships back within 24 hours of your video call.
  • It travels with signature required, both ways.
  • It comes back no matter what, even if a payment is missing.
The part almost nobody explains

On your own, your passport goes to the government

There are only two ways to get an ITIN. The difference between them is where your document ends up.

Filing it yourself

You put your original passport in an envelope addressed to the IRS and lose sight of it. It comes back when they finish processing the case — usually seven to eleven weeks, sometimes longer. In the meantime you can’t travel on it or use it as ID. If the package goes missing, replacing it is on you.

With a Certified Acceptance Agent

The IRS authorizes us to see and certify your document ourselves. Your passport arrives, we review it with you on video, we certify it, and it ships back. All the IRS receives is the paperwork saying we saw it. Your passport is away from home for days, not months.

And where you live doesn’t matter

Certified Acceptance Agent authorization comes from the IRS and is good in all 50 states. Us being in Austin changes nothing if you’re in Atlanta, Chicago or Los Angeles — same process, same result.

Start here

Can we file your ITIN?

Four questions. If your case can’t be done yet, we tell you exactly what’s missing.

Who is the ITIN for?

Live in or near Austin? Then you don’t need any of this: come by the office — 1601 E Slaughter Ln Trlr 50, Austin, TX 78747 — walk-ins welcome, and your passport never leaves your hands. See everything about the ITIN.

Step by step

How it works, no surprises

Nine steps, and the first three are free. You pay nothing until you know your case can be done.

1

You tell us about your case

Answer four questions right here, or message us. Nothing is paid yet.

2

You send a photo of your passport

Just the main page, through a secure link. We look it over and tell you whether your case works — with your document sitting at home and without you having paid a cent.

3

Free fifteen-minute call

We go through your case, explain the tax return and what you might owe the IRS, and answer anything you want. Still free.

4

Only now you pay the $99

Knowing your case works and what to expect. That payment puts your prepaid shipping label in the mail, along with the list of what goes in the envelope. Both shipments are on us.

5

Your passport arrives and we tell you

The moment it’s in our hands you get a message. You don’t have to call and ask whether it made it.

6

The interview, on video

This is the interview the IRS requires, with your original document in front of us. We fill out Form W-7 with you, live.

7

Your passport ships back

Within 24 hours of the interview, no matter what. Tracking reaches you by text the moment we drop it off. Your document is never held against a payment.

8

You pay the $150 and your package goes to the IRS

The last payment goes out with your file: the certification, Form W-7, and your tax return, which is included.

9

We follow it through to the end

We check in at three weeks, at six, and the day your number arrives. You don’t have to chase us.

Your document

Four rules we don’t break

Mailing your passport to people you’ve never met is a lot to ask. These are the rules we work by, written down so you can hold us to them.

Your passport always comes back

Even if a payment is late, even if you change your mind halfway. The only thing that stops in that case is the shipment to the IRS. Your document is not collateral and we will never hold it.

Under 24 hours

It ships back the same day as your video call, or the next at the latest. And the tracking reaches you when we drop it off, not when we get around to it.

Signature required, both ways

Both shipments carry tracking and a required signature. Nobody leaves your envelope sitting at a door — a person signs for it, here and there.

What we won’t promise you

That the shipment is insured. Passport insurance doesn’t exist in the mail, and anyone telling you otherwise is doing it to close the sale. Tracking, signature and speed do exist — and on those we commit.

Don’t want to mail your passport at all — signature or no signature?

There’s an alternative the IRS accepts just the same: a certified copy of your passport, issued by your country’s consulate. It carries the same weight as the original for this process, and you can mail it without worrying, because it isn’t your travel document.

How to ask for one, specifically: find your nearest consulate and book an appointment. When you get there, ask for a certified copy of your passport — some consulates call it an attested or authenticated copy. It has to carry the consulate’s seal and signature on the copy of your photo page. It’s usually inexpensive and many consulates do it the same day.

With that paper in hand the rest is identical: you mail it to us, we use it to certify your identity with the IRS, and your passport stays home. If your consulate is far away or tells you something different from what you read here, we’ll sort it out on your free call.

Read this before you pay

Your ITIN comes with a tax return — and owing is the usual outcome

We’d rather tell you now and lose the sale than have you find out once you’ve already mailed us your passport.

An ITIN is almost always filed together with a tax return. That return can come back as a refund… but if you worked for yourself and nobody withheld anything during the year, owing is the normal result. It isn’t about having an ITIN: self-employment tax simply gets paid in full at the end.

Whatever your return comes out to does not change the price of this service, and it isn’t ours to decide. That’s why the calculator comes before we charge you anything.

Will you owe or get a refund?

Work it out before you decide anything. Takes seconds, and we do not even ask your name.

How were you paid this year? Check everything that applies.

This runs inside your phone. Nothing is sent, nothing is stored, and none of it reaches us.

Tell us how you were paid and your estimate shows up here.

This is an estimate, not your return. It uses 2026 federal rules and leaves out state tax, other kinds of income, and special situations. Your real number comes out when we go through your documents. It is here for one reason: so you know roughly what to expect before you start.

What it costs

One price, two payments, nothing up front

Same price for a first ITIN and for a renewal — by mail, what costs money is your document travelling, and that’s identical either way. The first payment comes after your free call.

With the IRS shipment

$150

Goes out with your file to the IRS, once the interview is done and your passport has already shipped back. Total: $249 — shipping and tax return included.

Your tax return

Included

A first ITIN nearly always comes with a return, and yours is already inside the $249. Not quoted separately, and not a surprise at the end. See how we prepare taxes.

Frequently asked

What everyone asks before deciding

Do I really have to mail my actual passport?
Yes, and since it’s the first thing everyone asks, here’s the straight answer. The IRS requires a Certified Acceptance Agent to see the original document — a photo or a scan does not count, and there is no way around that rule. Here’s what matters, though: your passport travels to us, never to the IRS. We certify it and only the certification goes to the government. People who file on their own have to mail the passport itself to the IRS and go without it for weeks or months.
How long am I without my passport?
Plan on up to a week, door to door. Mail takes three to five business days each way, and weekends or delays stretch that — we don’t control it, so we won’t quote you a prettier number. What we do control, and do promise: your passport goes back out within 24 hours of your video call, and the tracking number reaches you by text the moment we drop it off.
What if I don’t want to mail my passport at all?
There’s a way around it that the IRS accepts just the same: ask your country’s consulate for a certified copy of your passport. It carries the same weight as the original for this process, and you can mail it without worrying, because it isn’t your travel document. Details on how to ask for one are further down this page.
Is the shipment insured?
No, and you deserve to know that up front: carriers do not insure passports. That coverage does not exist, and anyone who tells you otherwise is closing a sale. What we do is ship it with tracking and signature required in both directions, so nobody can leave the envelope at a door — a person has to sign for it. If you want maximum speed on the way back, you can ask for express service.
Which states do you serve?
All 50. Certified Acceptance Agent authorization comes from the IRS and is federal, so it works the same whether you’re in Texas, Georgia, New York or Alaska. We don’t need to be in your city.
What does it cost and how do I pay?
It’s $249 total, and that covers everything: both shipments, the ITIN filing and your tax return. No add-ons at the end. It’s split into two payments, and neither one is paid blind: first we review a photo of your passport and talk on video, and only after that call do you pay the $99 that puts your prepaid shipping label in the mail. The remaining $150 is paid once the interview is done, alongside sending your package to the IRS.
What if my case doesn’t qualify? Do I lose what I paid?
You lose nothing, because at that point you haven’t paid yet. That is exactly why we look at a photo of your passport and talk to you before charging anything: if your case can’t be done this way, you find out for free, with your document sitting safely at home. And if the process is already underway and something stalls, your passport comes back regardless — that is never up for discussion, not even over a missing payment.
How long does the IRS take to issue the ITIN?
The IRS side usually runs seven to eleven weeks from the day they receive the package, and it can stretch during filing season, January through April. That part isn’t ours to control, but we do check in at three weeks and at six, so you know where your case stands without having to call and ask.

Want to understand the ITIN from the ground up before deciding? Go to everything about the ITIN, or see how credit works once you have one.

Your ITIN, without leaving your city

We’re IRS Certified Acceptance Agents, seven days a week. You start without paying anything: send a photo of your passport, talk to us for fifteen minutes, and decide from there.