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Ice on Immigration: Social Security
cards for non-citizens
By L. Patricia Ice, Featured
Columnist
Question:
What
is the process for a non United States citizen to get a Social Security
Card?
Answer: Non-citizen applicants must submit a form SS-5
application and present documents proving age, identity and immigration
status that show their employment eligibility at a local Social Security
Administration (SSA) office. The SSA will examine the immigration
documents and verify the status using the "Systematic Alien Verification
for Entitlements" (SAVE) computer program. The SAVE database is a
nationally accessible database of selected immigration status
information on over 60 million records. It gives federal, state and
local government agencies and licensing bureaus access to immigration
status information in order to determine eligibility for many public
benefits. However, it takes at least 10 days or more for immigration
status information to get into the SAVE database.
Applicants should wait at least 10 days after arriving in
the United States for the first time as a lawful permanent resident or
after receiving an immigration benefit, such as an employment
authorization document, before applying for the Social Security Card.
If SAVE verifies the applicant's information, the SSA will continue to
process the application. If SAVE does not verify the information, the
SSA makes copies of the immigration documents and holds the application
for 10 days. If SAVE finally verifies the information then processing
is continued. If not, the SSA submits an electronic additional
verification (EAV) directly to the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS). If status is verified by Homeland Security, the SSA continues to
process the application. If status is not verified by the DHS the
application is denied. Sometimes DHS requests paper copies of the
immigration document(s) presented. This may delay processing the
application. Once verification of status is completed it generally
takes about two weeks for the card to be issued.
Please check the Social Security Administration website
at www.ssa.gov to find out more detailed information about the Social
Security Card application process.
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L. Patricia Ice
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Featured
IMDiversity Immigration Columnist L. Patricia Ice is an attorney and counselor who has taught
immigration law at Mississippi College School of Law
in Jackson, and also contributes regular immigration advice stories
to La Noticia and The Jackson Advocate. A
practicing attorney, Ms. Ice has recently taken on a two-year role
as an Equal Justice Works Katrina Legal Fellow, focusing on
immigrant employment issues as fair labor standards, and wage and
hour problems, in areas around the Gulf Coast. She is also
dedicated to immigrants rights advocacy, and serves on the Board of the non-profit
rights education group,
MIRA: The Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance at
www.yourmira.org.
Articles in this column are Copyright 2006 L. Patricia Ice.
All rights reserved. Please do not reproduce further without
seeking the permission of the author.
IMDiversity.com is committed to presenting diverse points of view.
However, the viewpoint expressed in this article is the opinion of
the author and is not necessarily the viewpoint of the owners or
employees at IMD.
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