SSN help

[mandyyxz 0]

can any one tell me in detail how should i obtain a SSN as fast as possible once i get my immigrantion visa? thanks a lot

Mandy

[Mand 1]

I'm not sure how it works for your specific visa as I was a K1, but if you check out others going that route, they might be able to advise you better.

[Jasman0717 8]

Go here and read all about it: http://www.ssa.gov/SSA_Home.html

[I'm Gone 60]

Go here and read all about it: http://www.ssa.gov/SSA_Home.html

Wouldn't http://www.ssa.gov worked just as well? Plus what help does the SSA Home Page do?

can any one tell me in detail how should i obtain a SSN as fast as possible once i get my immigrantion visa? thanks a lot

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has entered into agreements with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of State (DOS) for those agencies to assist SSA by collecting as part of the immigration process the information SSA needs to assign Social Security numbers and issue SSN cards. DHS electronically forwards the data to SSA once the person is admitted to the United States (U.S.), to assign Social Security numbers and issue SSN cards. SSA calls this data sharing process Enumeration at Entry (EAE).

Individuals age 18 or older applying at a foreign service post for an immigrant visa and alien registration, i.e., completes the Form DS-230 Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration, should answer “yes” to the questions 33a and 33b on the form if he or she wants an SSN assigned or replacement card issued.

The individual should receive his or her original or replacement SSN card within 3 weeks after arriving in the United States. The SSN card will be mailed to the same United States mailing address that is used to mail the Permanent Resident card (I-551).

If you answered “yes” to being assigned an SSN on form DS-230 when applying for an immigrant visa and you have not receive your SSN card within 3 weeks of being admitted to the United States, suggest that you go into your local Social Security office.

If you have been assigned an SSN, the SSA office can provide you with the number. However, if you have not received your card within 14 days of your SSN being assigned, normally you will need to apply for a replacement SSN card.

If no SSN has been assigned after 3 weeks or application is found pending, you will need to submit an SSN application (Form SS-5) at an SSA office.

You can obtain the address and directions to Social Security offices from the Social Security Office Locator, which is available on the Internet at:

http://www.ssa.gov/locator

Be sure to take proof of age, identity, lawful alien status and work authorization when going into a Social Security office to inquiry about the status of your SSN or to submit an application.

Applicants need to provide at least two documents as evidence to establish age, identity, lawful alien status and work authorization. Proof of age is not required when applying for a replacement SSN card.

If a foreign-born person has the foreign birth certificate (BC) in his/her possession or can easily obtain a copy, he or she must submit it as proof of age. When a person is foreign-born, a BC may not exist, may not have been recorded shortly after birth, or the probative value of the document may not be high. In these situations, we can accept alternative evidence of age in order of probative value. The alternative evidence of age may be less than a year old, e.g., a DHS document or passport.

You can find detailed information regarding evidence that

establishes age on our Website at:

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203110

The documents acceptable as evidence of identity are now based on three factors: (1) the applicant’s age, (2) the applicant’s citizenship/alien status, and (3) the relative probative value of documents.

You can find detailed information regarding evidence that

establishes identity on our Website at:

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203200#E

The unexpired immigration documents I-551 card or Machine Readable Immigrant Visa (MRIV) with temporary I-551 language establish lawful alien status and employment authorization.

Note: The MRIV shows the alien's identification number (“A” number) as the “Registration Number” in the upper right-hand corner of the MRIV.

The MRIV in an unexpired foreign passport that shows the above statement and is endorsed with an admission stamp the same as a valid Temporary I-551 stamp and is valid for one year from the date of endorsement by the admission stamp.

Example:

If the admission stamp shows a date of entry into the U.S. as January 4, 2004, the expiration of the temporary I-551 status will be January 3, 2005. The expiration date on the MRIV should not be used to determine when the temporary I-551 status expires. The expiration date on the MRIV only shows how long the MRIV is valid not how long the alien's temporary I-551 status is valid.

RM 00203.410 Evidence of Alien Status for an SSN Card for an Alien Lawfully Admitted for Permanent Residence:

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203410

An SSN card should be received card in the mail within two weeks after the application and documents have been received and verified when applying within the United States.

However, when an alien requests an SSN or replacement SSN card, SSA will verify his or her documents/status with the appropriate Bureau of the Department of Homeland Security. If verification is not available through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system, SSA will send Form G-845 for manual verification.

RM 00203.720 Verifying Immigration Documents:

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203720

All cards are mailed from Social Security Headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland.

New Rules For Getting A Social Security Number And Card:

http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10120.html

You may find additional SSN and employment information on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Website at:

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/intern...=129227,00.html

[mandyyxz 0]

i am getting my immigrant visa in 2 weeks and i wonder how could i get a SSN as soon as possible. first question is where i should apply for the SSN? Can i apply it within the embassy once i get the immigrant visa( was told by a local SSN office)or i should apply it when i cross the border( was told by someone from the US embssy)? second question is how long it will take? i am really confused and i need to get this as fast as i can so my husband can buy the house we have been looking for a long time. thanks a lot.

[Jasman0717 8]

Go here and read all about it: http://www.ssa.gov/SSA_Home.html

Wouldn't http://www.ssa.gov worked just as well? Plus what help does the SSA Home Page do?

It was good enough for us

[j&js 0]

In my limited experience with a K-1 visa, it takes awhile to get your SSN. You have to go to the local SS office. If you go too soon, DHS or whoever runs these things, hasn't yet put you in the system and instead of giving you a number they send your info to be checked, which apparently takes forever. I had heard 2 weeks was a good time to wait. We waited almost 3 weeks and still weren't in the system. Its been almost a month since visiting the Social Security office and nothing

[eau_xplain 2]

i am getting my immigrant visa in 2 weeks and i wonder how could i get a SSN as soon as possible. first question is where i should apply for the SSN? Can i apply it within the embassy once i get the immigrant visa( was told by a local SSN office)or i should apply it when i cross the border( was told by someone from the US embssy)? second question is how long it will take? i am really confused and i need to get this as fast as i can so my husband can buy the house we have been looking for a long time. thanks a lot.

When you applied for your CR1/IR1 visa did you indicate that you wanted an SSN to be assigned to you? If it did, then you should receive your number 2-3 weeks after you arrive in the US.

If you did not, then you can go to the SSA with your CR1/IR1 stamp and apply for an SS card. If your CR1/IR1 status is already in the SAVE system, you will probably get your SS card in one week.

[Autumnal 25]

i am getting my immigrant visa in 2 weeks and i wonder how could i get a SSN as soon as possible. first question is where i should apply for the SSN? Can i apply it within the embassy once i get the immigrant visa( was told by a local SSN office)or i should apply it when i cross the border( was told by someone from the US embssy)? second question is how long it will take? i am really confused and i need to get this as fast as i can so my husband can buy the house we have been looking for a long time. thanks a lot.

Mandyyxz, there's no real way to "speed up" getting an SSN beyond having all your necessary paperwork together when you go. That generally means making sure you have photo ID, your proper paper(s) that qualify you for an SSN, marriage certificate, and the like. I was asked for my passport, marriage certificate, EAD (work permit) card, my driver's license and my birth certificate. The BC and DL were both in my maiden name, but constituted photo ID.

I don't know what kind of visa you have, but generally if you go down to the SS office you should be able to apply for it there. Give a week or three, or else you might not be in the system and that can put your application into a slow down or limbo. I had to wait months because I wasn't in SAVE and their search was delayed because some twit in the office forgot to get a signature to send it off. XP

[I'm Gone 60]

Plus what help does the SSA Home Page do?

It was good enough for us

Well I guess my work is done here. From now on for everyone with an SSN question you just send them to the SSA Website Home Page. LOL

Edited March 23, 2006 by mdyoung