soggadu
02-07-2012, 04:42 PM
guys gals and gurus...
Written by Nishant and shared by me...
Find out local SSA office from ( https://secure.ssa.gov/apps6z/FOLO/fo001.jsp ) and note down its address and time, find out parking facility etc from google map. Go 30 minutes before it opens to avoid huge lines and waiting periods, and stand near door so that you are among the first people to enter when guard opens door.
Fill out application form pdf (http://www.ssa.gov/online/ss-5.pdf) and take its print out, so that you don't waste time in office.
Section 4 of form , date of birth, says office use only, I had still filled it out. Section 5 will be Legal Alien Allowed to Work. Section 7 I filled out Asian as that is closest. Both parents name as asked, and in ssn area of parents, I checked Unknown. Other sections are self explanatory. section 18 would be self.
Take passport, EAD card, and the filled out form, and of course your wife :D
The officer will ask few questions to your wife to be answered in yes or no under oath. he will ask things like, did you every work in USA (no), do you have any bank accounts (yes if she is joint account holder with you), and so on. At the end he will give you a letter confirming that you have applied for SSN and you will get it in n number of weeks.
Written by Nishant and shared by me...
Find out local SSA office from ( https://secure.ssa.gov/apps6z/FOLO/fo001.jsp ) and note down its address and time, find out parking facility etc from google map. Go 30 minutes before it opens to avoid huge lines and waiting periods, and stand near door so that you are among the first people to enter when guard opens door.
Fill out application form pdf (http://www.ssa.gov/online/ss-5.pdf) and take its print out, so that you don't waste time in office.
Section 4 of form , date of birth, says office use only, I had still filled it out. Section 5 will be Legal Alien Allowed to Work. Section 7 I filled out Asian as that is closest. Both parents name as asked, and in ssn area of parents, I checked Unknown. Other sections are self explanatory. section 18 would be self.
Take passport, EAD card, and the filled out form, and of course your wife :D
The officer will ask few questions to your wife to be answered in yes or no under oath. he will ask things like, did you every work in USA (no), do you have any bank accounts (yes if she is joint account holder with you), and so on. At the end he will give you a letter confirming that you have applied for SSN and you will get it in n number of weeks.