Applicants, during their original SSN face to face interview, may indicate an urgent
employment need for their SSN and request notification that the SSN was assigned prior
to delivery of the card. In this case, ask the foreign student to provide a telephone
number where they can be reached in the future. Enter “Y” in the question, “Notify
office of the SSN assigned” on the verify and sign page in SSNAP to have the Enumeration
System generate a message the workday after an SSN application is processed, to notify
the FO of the SSN.
When you receive the Enumeration System notification message, you can call the foreign
student and advise that an SSN has been assigned and they should receive their SSN
card within 10 business days. For general information about releasing information
by telephone, see GN 03360.005.
If the foreign student did not request advance notification but contacts SSA about
their SSN, advise the student to come into the office with evidence of identity and
their immigration documents and we will check to see if an SSN has been assigned.
If the SSN has been assigned, the SSN can be provided to the foreign student at that
time and the foreign student can provide the SSN to their employer. For general information
about in-person requests for access to or disclosure of information from SSA records,
see GN 03380.000.