• All student employees of must obtain a Social Security Number and Card.
• F-1 students are automatically eligible to work on-campus up to 20 hours per week. However, employment is not guaranteed.

New Social Security regulations require proof of employment
Follow these steps to obtain a Social Security Number:

 

1. Must be registered full time (9 credits for Graduate students and 12 credits for undergraduate students). Must provide proof of full time registration.
2. New students must attend the international student orientation and submit copies of your F-1 documents to verify your legal status (I-20, passport, visa, I-94).
3. Must be registered in SEVIS. The ISA will register your SEVIS record after obtaining verification of full time enrollment, visa documents and residential address.
4. Obtain an EMPLOYMENT Letter from your campus employer. The letter must specify that you have a job at STU; the department you are working for; a brief description of your duties, dates of employment, and must be signed by the supervisor.
5. Obtain the Social Security Letter from the ISA. Only the ISA at STU is authorized to write this letter. It certifies that you are a full time registered student and that you are in legal F-1 status. Students can only obtain the letter after the first 4 steps have been completed.
6. Take the following documents to the social security office:
   o original I-20;
   o passport with valid F-1 stamp visa;
   o I-94 card;
   o Employment Letter from STU employer;
   o original Social Security Letter from the ISA

 

Complete and file the application for the Social Security Number/Card. The card will be mailed to your residential address within ten working days.

Locations of Social Security Administration Office:

Insert addresses of local SSA offices

The Social Security Administration (SSA) Website is: http://www.ssa.gov

Additional Requirements
Effective October 13, 2004, the Department of Homeland Security is requiring additional evidence for F-1 students who are applying for social security numbers. Like all other applicants, an F-1 student must provide SSA with evidence of age, identity, immigration status, and work authorization.

In addition, unless the F-1 student has an employment authorization document (EAD) from DHS or is authorized by the F-1 student’s school for curricular practical training (CPT), the F-1 student must provide evidence that he or she has been authorized by the school to work and has secured employment or a promise of employment before being assigned a SSN. These rules will further enhance the integrity of SSA’s enumeration processes for assigning SSNs by reducing the proliferation of SSNs used for purposes that are not related to work and thereby decreasing the potential for SSN fraud and misuse.