Anyone else having trouble with employment background check?

[corvusheart 163]

My husband came on K-1 visa in 2014 that's when his social security card was issued. He's a LPR with ROC and N400 pending now. Recently he's been having trouble with employment background checks. Coincidentally this has only happened after trump was elected and his employment background checks went through smoothly prior to trump era. Every background check he's had recently for jobs can never verify him because his SSN was issued after 2011. The only people who would have this problem is immigrants. Anyone else stumble into this issue? It takes him a full month to clear employment background checks now.

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

None on our end. My husband's had a couple different jobs and had a few people run his information.. he first got his SSN in 2012 I believe on his first internship. No issues though here.

[agrabs 237]

Did he update his social security card when he got his green card to have the valid only with work permit removed? 

[Crazy Cat 39,264]

I'm happy that the Trump job market so good that everyone who wants a job is almost certainly likely to find one.

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

Hi- we never had a problem with a background check, however when we tried to set him up with a cell phone account he had to go through extra verification because of something with his social either not having numbers that related to our state or his age. It was strange. Maybe you can contact SS office to see if they can help out.

[corvusheart 163]

55 minutes ago, agrabs said:

Did he update his social security card when he got his green card to have the valid only with work permit removed? 

We tried a few months ago but he doesn't have his GC anymore just a stamp in his passport. SS official wouldn't accept the stamp and said to wait till he gets his 10 year GC or citizenship. His ROC has been combined with his n400 so I don't think we'll see the 10 year card. Estimated completion time for citizenship isn't till January 2020. SS officer said SSN is still good he just can't use the card for I-9 purposes but the number itself still works. We talked to the background check company First Advantage they said anyone whose been issued a SSN after 2011 they can't verify so they have to do extensive research. Last job it took a whole month to run his background and its going to probably take that same amount of time again.

[agrabs 237]

That is why it’s important to update your social security card before ROC and before the green card expires.  My husband’s social was issued in 2012 and never has had a problem.    

 

Im pretty sure the issue is more likely to be related to failing to update the social security number than to Mr Trump

 

[Ksenia_O 695]

21 minutes ago, corvusheart said:

We tried a few months ago but he doesn't have his GC anymore just a stamp in his passport. SS official wouldn't accept the stamp and said to wait till he gets his 10 year GC or citizenship. His ROC has been combined with his n400 so I don't think we'll see the 10 year card. Estimated completion time for citizenship isn't till January 2020. SS officer said SSN is still good he just can't use the card for I-9 purposes but the number itself still works. We talked to the background check company First Advantage they said anyone whose been issued a SSN after 2011 they can't verify so they have to do extensive research. Last job it took a whole month to run his background and its going to probably take that same amount of time again.

Most SS Offices  don't really do well once they see I-551 stamp. But it should work, according to their own policy

https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0110211025#c1d

 

May be try another SS Office. And probably bring the printouts with you.

 

Good luck!! 

 

P.S. Not sure exactly how it works, but I used to have some trouble with verification as well (ss card was issued in 2014).  But once i received my conditional green card and got the restriction removed from the  ss card,  no problem since then.

Edited August 16, 2018 by Ksenia_O

[corvusheart 163]

11 minutes ago, agrabs said:

That is why it’s important to update your social security card before ROC and before the green card expires.  My husband’s social was issued in 2012 and never has had a problem.    

 

Im pretty sure the issue is more likely to be related to failing to update the social security number than to Mr Trump

 

Other things he's had to use his SSN for worked. The number doesn't just become invalid all of a sudden. The number is still good he just can't use the card for I-9 purposes. There's a disclaimer from First Advantage saying they can't verify any SSN issued after 2011.

[Wuozopo 4,285]

The changes are about needing more numbers, not something Trump thought up.

https://www.ssa.gov/kc/SSAFactSheet--IssuingSSNs.pdf

 

 Verification info. Scroll down to #12

https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/140-some-questions-you-may-have-about-form-i-9

 

 

[corvusheart 163]

4 minutes ago, Wuozopo said:

The changes are about needing more numbers, not something Trump thought up.

https://www.ssa.gov/kc/SSAFactSheet--IssuingSSNs.pdf

 

 Verification info. Scroll down to #12

https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/140-some-questions-you-may-have-about-form-i-9

 

 

Thanks for the info I had no idea the methodology was changed. So this background check company probably hadn't updated their systems to verify new numbers. When he fills out I-9 he just uses his state ID and stamp in his passport. Also is he REQUIRED to update his SSN card? Am I right in saying the SSN is still valid just not the card itself?

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

The SSN should still be valid, again my husband got his in 2013-2014 before we ever met, then he went back to the Philippines for 2-3 years and came back with the K-1. He went right back to using the same SSN and as others mentioned, as soon as we got his GC he went back to the SS office and got everything updated and has never had any issues with a background check of any sort. Without going into any political debate, do wish people would stop immediately blaming Trump or his administration for something they didn't do, or because CNN/MSNBC told you he did. 

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

  Older SS numbers where issued with geographically significant numbers.   To make it harder for ID thieves they started issuing them randomly and  that messed up some verification tools/

[NYCruiser 423]

3 hours ago, corvusheart said:

My husband came on K-1 visa in 2014 that's when his social security card was issued. He's a LPR with ROC and N400 pending now. Recently he's been having trouble with employment background checks. Coincidentally this has only happened after trump was elected and his employment background checks went through smoothly prior to trump era. Every background check he's had recently for jobs can never verify him because his SSN was issued after 2011. The only people who would have this problem is immigrants. Anyone else stumble into this issue? It takes him a full month to clear employment background checks now.

You obviously have an axe to grind about President Trump. Your situation is nothing of the sort. Has he gone back and notified SS that he has a two year GC? THAT is more the reason. 

[CEE53147 559]

Companies do different levels of background checks. DS had not only criminal but also financials checks when he started work 11 years ago.  I can only imagine how much more strict his company is today given how concerned they were years ago.

 

If he does not like the rules, he can certainly apply elsewhere - including in his home country.

 

Background checks must be stricter now given the number of fake documents floating around. Unfortunately, immigrants are more likely to use them because they do not have real ones.  It is also harder to validate real ones.

 

Just look at the number of times ads for fake documents show up on immigration forums - including this one - to know that these checks are essential..