Apply In-Person:

1. To Get Vendor Information or Certification (Court), the applicant has to approach the United States Court link

   NOTE: Search by address, city, state or ZIP Code and click the “Location” button.

2. The applicant has to download the application form from the following link
3. The applicant has to fill in all the necessary details in the application form. (Incomplete applications are not accepted)
4. Make sure that the applicant has to attach all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. The applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting.
6. Submit all the documents with the completed form to the nearest U.S court.
7. The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee as requested by the authority.
8. After receiving the application, the concerned authority will check the submitted application and document set. If all are in place, the application will be accepted.
9. Once all the verification process is completed, the applicant will get the certificate through mail.
10. If a TIN is not provided, a payment may be subject to backup withholding situations where the Judiciary must withhold a certain percentage to ensure the IRS receives any tax due on the payment.
11. For more details about the payment process, the applicant has to visit the court administrative office.
12. The processing time for the entire process is up to 30 days.

• Application form link
• Social Security Card
• Employer Identification card
• Identity Proof

United States Court
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
One Columbus Circle, NE
Washington, D.C. 20544
Contact link
Federal court finder link

NOTE: Search by address, city, state or ZIP Code and click the “Location” button.

U.S State court details link

• An individual who is a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident alien.
• A partnership, corporation, company, or association created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States.

• The fee for this procedure has to be paid as per the authority’s request.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

• Application form link

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• The processing time for the entire process is up to 30 days.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• Applicants must complete the application form before submitting it. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicants must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.

• Payee information
• Business name
• EIN (employer identification number) or SSN (Social Security Number) number
• Select the appropriate U.S. tax classification for person
• Mailing address
• Additional address information
• Electronic fund transfer
• Certification

• Taxpayer Identification is the number required by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to be used in reporting income tax and other returns. The TIN may be either a social security number (SSN) or an employer identification number (EIN).
• The vendor is a non-resident alien, foreign corporation or foreign partnership that does not have income effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States and does not have an office or place of business or a fiscal paying agent in the United States.
• The vendor is an agency or instrumentality of a foreign government.

• For more information link
  

• TIN certificate is proof document for income tax return, VAT return.

Place some external links which might help.

These are the vendor type:

• Billing/Accounts Receivable
• Business Entity
• Court Reporter
• Fed Pub Defender
• Intern
• Juror
• Refund