SSN - Another form of valid ID...

[Teffah 5]

Just a short question... I went through a few different posts on Social Security Cards but didn't find what I was looking for...

Some of the documents that VJ says to bring are:

1. The SS-5 form

2. Passport w/K1 Visa

3. Valid I-94

4. Another form of valid ID

What is another form of ID they will allow? Will they take his Moroccan ID? Birth Certificate, although it is not translated?

What did you or your love take?

Thanks so much!

Edited February 7, 2010 by Bijad and Teresa

[Otto 83]

You'll only need #1 through #3.

To be certain, you can go through the SSA's 'what documents do we need' section http://www.ssa.gov/ss5doc/?ID=ori&Self...p;Submit=Submit.

[gary9891 10]

Just a short question... I went through a few different posts on Social Security Cards but didn't find what I was looking for...

Some of the documents that VJ says to bring are:

1. The SS-5 form

2. Passport w/K1 Visa

3. Valid I-94

4. Another form of valid ID

What is another form of ID they will allow? Will they take his Moroccan ID? Birth Certificate, although it is not translated?

What did you or your love take?

Thanks so much!

Passport and visa, Valid I-94, Birth Cert (in english) and completed SS-5 form. That is all we used to get my fiancee a SSN. Later after we married, we took the same plus our marriage certificate and had her name changed.

Not sure if they will accept a non-translated birth certificate. Did you have your birth certificate translated for the embassy interview? Go to the SSN office and see if they will accept the untranslated BC.

[Teffah 5]

You'll only need #1 through #3.

To be certain, you can go through the SSA's 'what documents do we need' section http://www.ssa.gov/ss5doc/?ID=ori&Self...p;Submit=Submit.

I looked at that document as well, but thanks for you response!

[I'm Gone 60]

Passport and I-94 and your birth certificate if you have one handy, otherwise just go with the passport and I-94.

[Teffah 5]

Passport and I-94 and your birth certificate if you have one handy, otherwise just go with the passport and I-94.

Thanks, he will have a birth certificate - but not sure if the translated version will be with his other documents.

[I'm Gone 60]

Thanks, he will have a birth certificate - but not sure if the translated version will be with his other documents.

SSA is not going to accept a translation you had done. Take the birth certificate, but don't offer it unless they ask for it, Hopefully, they will be OK with the passport and I-94.

[HeatDeath 430]

I think, it was a long time ago, that I was able to do it with just my passport. For the reason being that technically, I think, your passport containing a visa is technically two pieces of government-issued photo i.d: the passport itself, issued by your home country, and the visa (in my case a K-1), issued by the US government.

I suspect that the K-1 remains technically a US-issued piece of photo i.d. even after you use it, in the same way that, for many applications, an expired passport is still a valid piece of photo i.d.

[I'm Gone 60]

I think, it was a long time ago, that I was able to do it with just my passport. For the reason being that technically, I think, your passport containing a visa is technically two pieces of government-issued photo i.d: the passport itself, issued by your home country, and the visa (in my case a K-1), issued by the US government.

I suspect that the K-1 remains technically a US-issued piece of photo i.d. even after you use it, in the same way that, for many applications, an expired passport is still a valid piece of photo i.d.

SSA does not care about your visa. It's the I-94 and passport that are counted as two documents.

RM 00203.200 Evidence of Identity for an SSN Card

https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203200

J. Procedure - verifying specific kinds of identity documents

3. Foreign passport

NOTE: The U.S. immigration stamp placed in the foreign passport and/or a U.S. immigration document attached to a foreign passport are separate documents. For example, an I-551 stamp or a U.S. immigration stamp in the applicant’s foreign passport and the foreign passport are two separate documents. Likewise, a Form I-94 stapled in a foreign passport and the foreign passport are two separate documents;