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AJ2019   58

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Good afternoon, not sure if this is the correct forum or not, but I have a general question and was wondering if anyone has run into similar issues while applying for jobs in the US.

 

My husband recently received and accepted an offer for employment, but during the hiring process, HR has informed him that there were issues with running his criminal background check (for the record he has none) saying that his SSN is not linking to his profile.

 

Has anyone had similar issues while getting a job in the US? If so, how was that issue resolved?

 

Any input would be great, so we don't start freaking out. 

 

Thanks!

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How long ago did he get his SSN?

Spouse:

2015-06-16: I-130 Sent

2015-08-17: I-130 approved

2015-09-23: NVC received file

2015-10-05: NVC assigned Case number, Invoice ID & Beneficiary ID

2016-06-30: DS-261 completed, AOS Fee Paid, WL received

2016-07-05: Received IV invoice, IV Fee Paid

2016-07-06: DS-260 Submitted

2016-07-07: AOS and IV Package mailed

2016-07-08: NVC Scan

2016-08-08: Case Complete

2017-06-30: Interview, approved

2017-07-04: Visa in hand

2017-08-01: Entry to US

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Myself:

2016-05-10: N-400 Sent

2016-05-16: N-400 NOA1

2016-05-26: Biometrics

2017-01-30: Interview

2017-03-02: Oath Ceremony

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arken   4,197

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28 minutes ago, AJ2019 said:

March 2020. 

That's surprising then, i wud assume such for a recently issues SSN. One thing you can try is do background check by yourself, i don't think it's expensive. At least you would know the first hand reasons.

Spouse:

2015-06-16: I-130 Sent

2015-08-17: I-130 approved

2015-09-23: NVC received file

2015-10-05: NVC assigned Case number, Invoice ID & Beneficiary ID

2016-06-30: DS-261 completed, AOS Fee Paid, WL received

2016-07-05: Received IV invoice, IV Fee Paid

2016-07-06: DS-260 Submitted

2016-07-07: AOS and IV Package mailed

2016-07-08: NVC Scan

2016-08-08: Case Complete

2017-06-30: Interview, approved

2017-07-04: Visa in hand

2017-08-01: Entry to US

.

.

.

.

Myself:

2016-05-10: N-400 Sent

2016-05-16: N-400 NOA1

2016-05-26: Biometrics

2017-01-30: Interview

2017-03-02: Oath Ceremony

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AJ2019   58

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3 minutes ago, arken said:

That's surprising then, i wud assume such for a recently issues SSN. One thing you can try is do background check by yourself, i don't think it's expensive. At least you would know the first hand reasons.

yeah, that's what we were thinking too. thanks.

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I had similar as part of one of my pre-employment checks when I first got my GC, they could not find my UK record (there wasn't one). I gave my employer the police check I had carried out as part of my K1 and it was accepted. Could you do that?

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On 8/2/2021 at 6:56 PM, Reed1812 said:

I had similar as part of one of my pre-employment checks when I first got my GC, they could not find my UK record (there wasn't one). I gave my employer the police check I had carried out as part of my K1 and it was accepted. Could you do that?

This is probably the best way.  Last year I moved back to the US and at one point had several job offers.  It seems nowadays HR departments use 3rd party vendors to complete these background checks.  Over the decades, I had been working in 8 different countries and one of the companies that made an offer, wanted a tremendous amount of documents and they had to be original from all 8 countries.  The 3rd party vendor was useless and asked me to get this information.  I told them I could, but it will take months to get.  Another offer I had and the one I accepted was more reasonable and allowed me to provide copies of documents that I had.  Its going to come down to the company process but if your dealing with a 3rd party vendor, it may help to go straight to the HR person and tell them what you have and if its sufficient.  

The United States is now a country obsessed with the worship of its own ignorance.  Americans are proud of not knowing things.  They have reached a point where ignorance, is an actual virtue.  To reject the advice of experts is to assert autonomy, a way for Americans to insulate their increasingly fragile egos from ever being told they're wrong about anything.  It is a new Declaration of Independence: no longer do we hold these truths to be self-evident, we hold all truths to be self-evident, even the ones that arent true.  All things are knowable and every opinion on any subject is as good as any other.  The fundamental knowledge of the average American is now so low that it has crashed through the floor of "uninformed", passed "misinformed", on the way down, and now plummeting to "aggressively wrong."

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AJ2019   58

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Update, it was an error with his SSN. because he has a compound first name, and his SSN card appeared correct, his name was appearing something different in the SSN database, we were able to schedule an appointment to resolve the issue! Thank you everyone for your help!!

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