Due to COVID-19 closures at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
EIN applications that are submitted by telephone, fax or mail
currently are not being received or processed. Accordingly,
non-U.S. applicants (who generally are required to apply for an EIN
using one of these methods), and U.S. applicants who are ineligible
to apply for an EIN online, cannot obtain an EIN at this time.
Non-U.S. applicants typically apply for EINs by telephone (these
applicants are ineligible to apply for EINs online, and the
telephone function usually results in an immediate EIN
assignment). At present, however, the IRS has temporarily
shut down its EIN call center, so non-U.S. applicants must consider
other alternatives, which are limited to applications by fax and by
mail.
