An Acceptance Agent is basically a person or business organization, for assisting the individuals and other foreign people in obtaining an ITIN. These agents have persuaded in a written agreement with the Internal Revenue Service to collect and review the original supplementary documents submitted by the applicants who are responsible to pay their federal taxes or execute the other financial activities in the US but do not qualify for a Social Security Number. With them the ITIN applications are processed much faster than the individuals applying directly.
Being a CAA or Certified Accept Agent they have the authorization to check that the ITIN applications are correctly filled up, and perhaps more importantly verify that original identification documents are authentic, and submit the certified copies to the office of the IRS, hence eliminate the need of having to submit the original copies of passports, visas, birth certificates, personal tax returns and other supporting ID documents. By using the services of the Acceptance Agents the applicants are able to avoid the burden of having to be without their important papers for eight weeks and remove the risks of documents getting lost as they would be otherwise mailed overseas to the IRS. They also forwards the ITIN number once it is issued.
The CAA or Certifying Acceptance Agents are available to process the ITIN number applications on behalf of the alien immigrants while the team members at service are honest and reliable in rendering the best of the professional services to the clients. They also provide
Free ITIN consultation on behalf of the IRS. Without them the individuals will either have to travel to the US or visit the nearest consulate to have their identification verified and proof that they are not permanent residents of the US, and still there is not guarantee for them to receive a legal authorization.
Customer oriented service. Besides reviewing the supporting documents they prepare a certificate of accuracy letter. This letter is issued when the applicants are able to produce their original passports or certified copies of the documents, thereby ensuring that the ITIN applications have been successfully completed and sends the documents along with the W7 form to IRS for further processing.
A direct telephone access to the ITIN operations to find out the status of the applications. These agents have private numbers where the staff members of the service can directly communicate with the applicants and respond to their queries in case any problem arises. If the individuals try to communicate directly to the IRS regarding their ITIN applications, there are chances that it might take more than six months to resolve the disputes. The staff members of CAA are flexible to speaking in the local languages which makes it easier for the foreign individuals in interacting with them.
An in person interview with each of the ITIN applicants as well as their claim dependents in order to complete the applications. In case of conducting a video conferencing with the respective clients they keep the original certified copies during the interview.
The certifyingAcceptance Agent Services have many years of experience in processing the ITIN applications. However, most of them might charge a fee for the services offered, but helps the clients from getting their applications rejected.