SSN??

[angelique 0]

Hi Guys....

Quick question: Do you still need to bring a passport along with your Green Card to apply for SSN at the local office?

I'm a bit confused with the explanation given on the SSA's website.

Thanks so much for your help!

Angelique

[I'm Gone 60]

Quick question: Do you still need to bring a passport along with your Green Card to apply for SSN at the local office?

I'm a bit confused with the explanation given on the SSA's website.

If this for an original SSN and you have the actual I-551 card and birth certificate (BC), then you don't need your passport. If you don't have your BC, then take the passport. For a replacement SSN card, all you need is the I-551 card.

You only need the passport when you have an I-551 stamp or MRIV and using it for proof of identity and/or work authorization.

Original SSN: proof of age, identity and work authorization

Replacement card: identity and work authorization

https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203110

RM 00203.110 Evidence of Age for an SSN Card

H. Procedure – Foreign-Born Applicant Applies for an Original SSN Card or to Change the DOB on the Numident Record

1. If a foreign-born person has the foreign BC in his/her possession or can readily obtain (i.e, within 10 business days) a properly certified copy, ask him/her to submit it.

D. Kinds of Documents Establishing Age

3. Level Three - Other Alternative Evidence of Age

-- Foreign passport

https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203200

RM 00203.200 Evidence of Identity for an SSN Card

E. Procedure – Priority Lists of Acceptable Identity Documents

6. Documents for Adult Age 18 and Older

ALIEN: Adult Age 18 and older

1. Primary Evidence

Request a current U.S. immigration document and an unexpired foreign passport.

-- Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card (includes temporary I-551 stamp/machine readable immigrant visa (MRIV) in combination with an unexpired foreign passport when the I-551 Permanent Resident Card has not yet been issued)

https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203400

RM 00203.400 Who Must Submit Evidence of Lawful Alien Status for an SSN Card

10. Conditional Resident Alien

A conditional resident alien is an alien granted a 2-year period of permanent resident status based on (1) a “qualifying” marriage to a U.S. citizen or national, a permanent resident or (2) qualifying as an alien entrepreneur. A conditional resident alien has the same INS documents as an LAPR except that the I-551 expires after 2 years. For enumeration purposes conditional resident aliens are treated as aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence.

https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203410

RM 00203.410 Evidence of Alien Status for an SSN Card for an Alien Lawfully Admitted for Permanent Residence

B. Kinds of Evidence Establishing LAPR Status

1. I-551, Permanent Resident Card

2. Machine Readable Immigrant Visa with Temporary I-551 Language

3. Temporary I-551 Stamp