> applied for SSN number at Raliegh SSA office and its been 2 weeks
> that I did not receive it?
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> How many weeks does it take to get SSN number?Does anyone know about
> this?
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> I guess it normally takes 10 - 14 days to get SSN number.
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> What should I do in order to get SSNumber as I am losing a lot of
> interview calls ? I got a offer but my employer says its not legal to
> work without SSN, so dropped it.
> Pls guide.
Well first off if you have authorization to work and have applied for an
SSN there is no problem with you starting to work or being paid.
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/international/article/0,,id=129227,-
00.html
Delays in Issuing SSNs to Aliens by the Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov/employer/hiring.htm
Employer Responsibilities When Hiring Foreign Workers
Now the amount of time to be assigned an SSN and be issued a card
depends on how long it takes SSA to verify you as being
authorized to work.
If they did it through SAVE while you were in the office and they
cleared the application that day or the next you should receive your
card within 14 days and you can normally go back to the SSA office
in a day or two to get the number if you need to know it before the
card arrives.
If you know for a fact that they cleared the application, I would head
back to the SSA office if you don't receive you card within a couple
weeks. You may need to submit an application for a replacement card.
Now if they couldn't verify your status through SAVE while you were in
the office, they will need to send form G-845 to immigation for manual
verification of your status and this can take weeks or months.
If the SSA office does send the G-845, suggest that you go back to the
SSA office no more than once a week with your documents to (1) ask them
to check SAVE again (2) ask if they sent a G-845 (3) if yes, did it come
back (4) after 30 days ask if they have followed up on the G-845 by
calling or sending another mark "second request."
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http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203720
RM 00203.720 Verifying Immigration Documents
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http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203735
RM 00203.735 Requesting Online (Primary) Verification By SAVE
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After having waited at least 30 days and your local SSA office doesn't
seen concerned about following up on the G-845 she can try contacting
the SSA Regional Office (RO) responsible for your state:
http://www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/natlpocontacts.html
Refer them to this:
http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203740
RM 00203.740 Requesting Additional (Manual) Verification By DHS
B. PROCEDURE – HOW TO REQUEST MANUAL VERIFICATION
STEP 6
DHS should respond to SSA within 15 federal work days after receiving
the Form G-845. If DHS does not respond within 15 federal work days from
the receipt of the G-845 from SSA, follow-up with the DHS, USCIS
Immigration Status office. (Allow 15 days plus five additional federal
work days of mail time for the G-845 to be received at and returned from
DHS.
Follow local practice to follow-up with DHS. Some SSA offices have an
arrangement with the DHS, USCIS office to telephone for the follow-up
contact; other SSA offices send a copy of the original G-845 annotated
“second request.”) If the DHS response is still not received within
15
federal work days after the follow-up contact (if the follow-up is by
mail allow five additional federal work days of mail time for the G-845
to be received at and returned from DHS), make a second follow-up
contact. If the DHS response is not received within 15 federal workdays
(again, if the follow-up is by mail, allow five additional federal work
days of mail time for the G-845 to be received at and returned from
DHS), after two follow-ups, contact the RO. Also report to the RO any
trend that shows a serious deviation by DHS from the above time frames.
The RO will consult with central office.
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