Child Tax Credit for student-visa parents?

[LieoUhlerredyh]

What are the eligibility requirements and limitations for claiming the US-born Child Tax Credit when parents are on student visas?

[newacct]

First of all, only US citizens and resident aliens for tax purposes (or residents of Canada or Mexico) can claim dependents, and the dependent must also be a US citizen or resident alien for tax purposes (or resident of Canada or Mexico). People in student status (and people in their dependent status) are generally not resident aliens for the first 5 calendar years.

Second, the child must have a Social Security Number to be eligible for the $2000 child tax credit; otherwise you can only get the $500 credit for other dependents for them. Children in F2 status are generally not going to have an SSN. Only if they were born in the US would they likely have an SSN.

[mileva]

Immigrants who work and have either a social security number or an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) may get the Child Tax Credit as long as they meet the other eligibility requirements. Children claimed for the credit also must have either a social security number or an ITIN.

[newacct]

Children claimed for the credit also must have either a social security number or an ITIN.

You can only get the $2000 Child Tax Credit for a dependent child who has an SSN. If the child does not have an SSN by the due date of the tax return, you can only get the $500 credit for other dependents for them.

[Greg_Avery]

What are the eligibility requirements and limitations for claiming the US-born Child Tax Credit when parents are on student visas?

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