Hi...
I have an H1 Visa since October and have arrived in the country in early December. I immediately applied for a new SSN and was told that I should have it by the 20th. The receipt said that it usually takes up to 4 weeks.
These 4 weeks have now been elapsed and meanwhile the SSA office where I applied has been telling me that my application has not yet cleared with Homeland Security. As a matter of fact, yesterday they told me that they have sent 3 reminders to Homeland Security and received no answer thus far, which, according to them, is a sign that the application is not getting cleared.
Therefore, they (the local SSA office) told me that they will reject my application this Friday, having elapsed 30 days since I applied and no extension can be given.
I am a European, from a NATO country and, needless to say, without any suspicious activities or plans. The only thing that may have raised an alarm is that I have traveled a lot during the past 10 years, but that was on business and mostly within Europe.
Does anyone have (or knows of) a similar experience and suggestions on how I go about from here?
The local SSA office has told me that I can reapply, but is there any timing limitation or maximum number of times one could do so? Do Homeland Security allow for an interview to clear things?
Is there anything I could do to by Friday avoid having my SSN application rejected by the local SSA office?
Thanks and Happy New Year to everyone! :-)
I have an H1 Visa since October and have arrived in the country in early December. I immediately applied for a new SSN and was told that I should have it by the 20th. The receipt said that it usually takes up to 4 weeks.
These 4 weeks have now been elapsed and meanwhile the SSA office where I applied has been telling me that my application has not yet cleared with Homeland Security. As a matter of fact, yesterday they told me that they have sent 3 reminders to Homeland Security and received no answer thus far, which, according to them, is a sign that the application is not getting cleared.
Therefore, they (the local SSA office) told me that they will reject my application this Friday, having elapsed 30 days since I applied and no extension can be given.
I am a European, from a NATO country and, needless to say, without any suspicious activities or plans. The only thing that may have raised an alarm is that I have traveled a lot during the past 10 years, but that was on business and mostly within Europe.
Does anyone have (or knows of) a similar experience and suggestions on how I go about from here?
The local SSA office has told me that I can reapply, but is there any timing limitation or maximum number of times one could do so? Do Homeland Security allow for an interview to clear things?
Is there anything I could do to by Friday avoid having my SSN application rejected by the local SSA office?
Thanks and Happy New Year to everyone! :-)
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