Required documents for Social Security Card

[rockman 0]

Hello, 

 

I am a green card holder. I will explain my situation. At time of application DS 260 I had specified to have my SSN delivered to me at my desingated address however, I did not recieve anything.

I had to urgently depart US on a travel document as I am employed in home country on contract. It has been 6 -7 months since my departure and yet no update on social security card status. I called the SSN regional office at Malina, phillipines (which is designated centre for my home country) and they told me that I will need to apply in person on US soil. 

I am now travelling to US in a week to seek employment opportunity. 

I have the following questions; 

 

1) Incase if i apply now would I be asked for an explanation as to why I didnt do it sooner. If yes then what documents should I provide? 

 

2) Since I will now be required to apply in person, there is a bit of confusion on my part regarding the documents I am supposed to provide. The guide for application for SSN states; 

'we will rquire orignal documents or documents certified by custodian of orignal record.' Can somebody explain what this means and is it safe to handover the orignals. 

I will be providing my home country birth certificate (english), my foriegn passport and Form I-551. Are these enough? 

 

Your advice will be highly appreciated. 

 

 

 

 

[HonoraryCitizen 179]

9 minutes ago, rockman said:

Incase if i apply now would I be asked for an explanation as to why I didnt do it sooner. If yes then what documents should I provide? 

No. None of their business and they don’t care anyways. They’re not immigration.

 

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'we will rquire orignal documents or documents certified by custodian of orignal record.' Can somebody explain what this means and is it safe to handover the orignals.

They will not keep your originals, no worries. You are good to go.

Edited January 24, 2019 by HonoraryCitizen

[rockman 0]

Thank you.

 

So in anybody experience, are the following docs all that would be required; 

I 551, foreign passport and birth certificate.

I dont have a state issued ID yet. Would that be compulsory?

[TBoneTX 42,988]

Thread is moved from the Moving to the US forum to the Social Security Numbers subforum.