How to Get a Social Security Number

Requirements

1. You need a job on the Rensselaer campus.

2. Then you bring a letter from the department on their Letterhead stating the following:
   a. What department you are working for
   b. Who your supervisor is
   c. How much you are getting paid
   d. How many hours a week you will be working
   e. What you will be doing


3. You fill out the Letter Request form in the student lounge of the ISSS Office requesting a letter to obtain a social security number
   a. You give the request form and the letter from the department you will be working for to the ISSS staff
   b. ISSS staff will inform you when you can come back to pick up the letter for the Social Security Office.
   


4. You take to the Social Security Office the following:
   1. Letter from the ISSS Office
   2. Letter from your department that you give to the ISSS Office
   3. Your Passport
   4. Your I-94 (small white card in your passport)
   5. DS-2019 or I-20
      


5. When you are at the Social Security Office you will fill out an application and they will make copies of your immigration documents.
   
   
6. It takes approximately 2-8 weeks for you to receive the Social Security Card in the mail.
   
   
7. When you receive this number, you must notify the following offices:
   1. Payroll Office in the Rice Building
      


8. The Social Security Office is located in Troy, at 500 Federal Street, First Floor (in the medical building near the Green Island Bridge). The office is open Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 3:00pm.