Citizens Who File Taxes Jointly With Legal Immigrants May Be Excluded From Coronavirus Stimulus Checks

Legal immigrants with work visas who use an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) to pay annual taxes are excluded from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) stimulus payments, and if the legal immigrant files a joint tax return with a non-military U.S. citizen spouse, both parties are ineligible for the checks. ITINs are issued by the Internal Revenue Service to non-citizens who lack a social security number so they can pay taxes.

About 1.2 million legal immigrants without green cards are married to a U.S. citizen. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provisions . . .