Not receuved social security card, where to apply?

[DEK 0]

Hello all,

My mother recently got her permanent residency through my sponsorship. Within 2-3 weeks of her entry into the US, she was sent the welcome letter and the greencard. However, it has now been over 4 months and still no SS card. I have called both the USCIS and the SSA multiple times with no success. The SSA refuses to look her up without a SS number, and the USCIS tells me to call the SSA or set up an infopass appointment. At this point we've accepted that she probably needs to go to a SSA office to apply for a card. My question is does the location matter? Can she go to any convenient SSA office, or does it have to be the one serving the area she lives in?

Thanks!

[milimelo 4,600]

Hello all,

My mother recently got her permanent residency through my sponsorship. Within 2-3 weeks of her entry into the US, she was sent the welcome letter and the greencard. However, it has now been over 4 months and still no SS card. I have called both the USCIS and the SSA multiple times with no success. The SSA refuses to look her up without a SS number, and the USCIS tells me to call the SSA or set up an infopass appointment. At this point we've accepted that she probably needs to go to a SSA office to apply for a card. My question is does the location matter? Can she go to any convenient SSA office, or does it have to be the one serving the area she lives in?

Thanks!

www.ssa,gov use the search engine for office locator.

Edited January 8, 2011 by milimelo

[DEK 0]

www.ssa,gov use the search engine for office locator.

I've done that. I know which is her local office. However, she is going to be in another state visiting friends, and was wondering if she could go the SSA office there.

[milimelo 4,600]

I've done that. I know which is her local office. However, she is going to be in another state visiting friends, and was wondering if she could go the SSA office there.

Well use the zip code from where she is now to find the office there. Simple?

[coraliesolms 47]

She can go to any SS office, she will need all her paperwork though (welcome letter and greencard, and her passport with the visa in it) at the office with her.

[milimelo 4,600]

She can go to any SS office, she will need all her paperwork though (welcome letter and greencard, and her passport with the visa in it) at the office with her.

Passport with stamped IR-5 visa is sufficient for SSN. No need for either the welcome letter or green card as the stamped visa is good for one year.

[DEK 0]

She can go to any SS office, she will need all her paperwork though (welcome letter and greencard, and her passport with the visa in it) at the office with her.

Thank you, that is what I was trying to find out. Finding a SSA office (at whatever location) is not the issue, I just wanted to be sure it didn't have to be her local one.