Social Security Card

[Gisselle Villegas 15]

3 hours ago, mam521 said:

As per the I-9 work instructions, you do not require a SSN to begin working.  The MRIV in the passport serves as the ID and status requirement as listed on the I-9 instructions.  The SSN is required to report earnings to the IRS.  A company can hire your husband and update his social once it's been received.  

 

The bigger challenge we personally ran into was the local SSA not believing that the MRIV was sufficient evidence to issue the SSN.  They were under the assumption that the physical greencard needed to be in hand.  Untrue according to the SSA and SSA website.  

I looked up the I-9 you mention.  The company that hired him is a large company and worldwide so I assume that even though it's not in a very diverse location at the branch where he will be working, the HR Dept. should be aware of the document.   By any chance do you have a link of the section in the SSA website where it read specifically that with just the MRIV stamp is sufficient to recieve a SSN?

[Mike E 11,739]

32 minutes ago, Gisselle Villegas said:

   By any chance do you have a link of the section in the SSA website where it read specifically that with just the MRIV stamp is sufficient to recieve a SSN?

https://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/ss5doc.htm
 

“To prove your U.S. immigration status, you must show us your current U.S. immigration document, such as:

• Form I-551 (Lawful Permanent Resident Card, Machine Readable Immigrant Visa) with your unexpired foreign passport.”

MRIV : Machine Readable Immigrant Visa

Edited October 29, 2021 by Mike E

[mam521 2,062]

On 10/29/2021 at 2:11 PM, Gisselle Villegas said:

 I assume that even though it's not in a very diverse location at the branch where he will be working, the HR Dept. should be aware of the document.

Never assume HR know anything.  I work for a multinational company and even the immigration lawyers didn't get things right when I was on a work visa and HR asked me to e-mail identification that I'd never dream of sending unsecured.  

[Gisselle Villegas 15]

On 10/29/2021 at 1:43 PM, Mike E said:

https://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/ss5doc.htm
 

“To prove your U.S. immigration status, you must show us your current U.S. immigration document, such as:

• Form I-551 (Lawful Permanent Resident Card, Machine Readable Immigrant Visa) with your unexpired foreign passport.”

MRIV : Machine Readable Immigrant Visa

I was looking through a couple of documents that were sent along with my husbands passport from the Embassy here in Costa Rica, one of them being from SS where it reads that if he had requested a SS# as part of his visa application, then the information will be shared with SS by the US Dept. of State and DHS.  Also, that he doesn't need to fill out applications or go to a SS office.  They will asign him a number and mail the card to the same address where he will receive his physical GC months later.  The letter also says that he would receive his SS card within 3 weeks of his arrival to the US.   He will definitey be taking this document with him in case it doesn't arrive within 3 weeks as they say.  This way there will be no confusions

[Mike E 11,739]

2 hours ago, Gisselle Villegas said:

I was looking through a couple of documents that were sent along with my husbands passport from the Embassy here in Costa Rica, one of them being from SS where it reads that if he had requested a SS# as part of his visa application, then the information will be shared with SS by the US Dept. of State and DHS.  Also, that he doesn't need to fill out applications or go to a SS office.  They will asign him a number and mail the card to the same address where he will receive his physical GC months later.  The letter also says that he would receive his SS card within 3 weeks of his arrival to the US.   He will definitey be taking this document with him in case it doesn't arrive within 3 weeks as they say.  This way there will be no confusions

Yes sometimes a miracle happens and SSA issues an SS card after DHS asks (which is another miracle).