Social Security Information (How to Apply)
NOTE: After you receive your Social Security Card, please remember to come to the OISS, TSC 313, so that we can photocopy your card to keep in your file.
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Check in with OISS when you arrive and keep your visa status current. All students must be registered with OISS by providing evidence of identity with a current passport, visa, I-94 card, and I-20 or DS-2019 showing nonimmigrant status.
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Register for classes (at least 12 undergraduate credits or 9 graduate credits).
Obtain an Employment Authorization Verification Letter from OISS.
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Apply for on campus employment through the Student Employment office, TSC 106 (map). An F-1 student requesting a Social Security Number (SSN) for on-campus employment must prove he/she has an on-campus job and must show evidence of that employment or an SSN will be not be assigned.
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Get an employment verification letter from your USU campus employer (see sample).
The student must provide a letter from the employer on the employer's letterhead that provides employment verification, namely:
- Identity of student employee
- Nature of job the student is, or will be, engaged in
- Anticipated or actual employment start date
- Number of hours the student is expected to work
- Employer identification number (EIN)
- Employer contact information, including the telephone number and the name of the F-1 student's immediate supervisor
- Original signature and signatory's title
- Date
Take the letters to the Social Security Office
- Original Employment Authorization Verification Letter (work letter) from OISS
- Original Employer letter
- Original I-20/DS-2019
- Passport and visa
- I-94 card
Social security representatives are in Logan every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month. Their hours are 9:30 am to 2:00 pm. Please arrive no later than 1:45 pm to be sure you are helped.
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