applying for ssn for foreign born child (help please)

[benjamin10 0]

ok so my husband needs our son's ssn for tax purposes we don't have one he thought he had applied for one last year when we applied for his borth abroad apparently we didn't i read on the sight that you need photo id if child is not present we don't have photo id and my husband wants to apply in the states and we can't travel all the way there bc i have to ties to Canada can i apply at the u.s embassy in vancouver with my son by myself or do i need his dad bc he can't come he's preparing to deploy again on a boat for 90days

[Inky 1,110]

The US Embassy has nothing to do with SSN. You need to go to an SSN office in the USA to apply for it.

[benjamin10 0]

well apparently my husband's screwed for taxes then

[Inky 1,110]

well apparently my husband's screwed for taxes then

He could always file an amended return later on when the issue is fixed and your son gets his SSN.

If your son got a US passport with the CRBA couldn't you UPS / Fedex it to your husband and he can use that to get the SSN?

[jkelly07 120]

you can file extension amended until oct 15,you should have the social security number beforn then.

[benjamin10 0]

we don't have any photo id or i would have sent it we didn't get a passport bc i would be crossing by land and we didn't have the extra money to get him the passport anyways i would have to send him the birth abroad since i have all my son's info since he's in my care so you can see why i'm trying to get more options i could go to the bellingham office but i would need a permission letter to cross if they let that's the other problem since i'm still going though immigration to bad i couldn't fedex our son to my husband

[benjamin10 0]

ok well hopfully my husband finds his phone soon so he can call me and i'll tell him bc i should be down there by the time he gets back which will be end of may begin of june i'm just waiting for the case complete at nvc and interview date so finally close