OBTAINING A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
To obtain a Social Security Number you must go to:
Social Security Administration
52 Charles Street
New Brunswick, NJ
Take with you as identification:
1. Employment Authorization or job offer letter
2. Personal identification at least one year old
(Ex: If passport is more than one year old, or if you have a copy of your birth certificate, either will be acceptable) Note: If you do not have an identification document at least one year old, and you are a graduate student, ask a secretary or adviser at the Center for International Faculty & Student Services to arrange for an identification letter from Graduate Admissions.
3. Passport
4. I-20 or IAP-66
5. I-94 (white card in your passport)
When applying for the Social Security Number ask for a receipt for your application. This receipt may be presented to your department secretary with the Employment Data Form you receive at this office in order for you to be placed on the University Payroll.
To reach the Social Security Administration office:
Take the M 14 public bus from the bus stop outside Au Bon Pain Restaurant by the Rutgers Student Center. Ask the driver to let you off at Charles Street, at the Social Security Office.
or
Drive down George Street to Livingston Avenue (to the Fountain) in New Brunswick. Turn right and travel 24 blocks to Charles Street on your right. Turn right. The office is in the middle of the block.
You may call The Social Security Administration three days after you submit your application. (1-800-772-1213) They will tell you your number over the phone two weeks before you receive the card in the mail.
OBTAINING A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
To obtain a Social Security Number you must go to:
Social Security Administration
52 Charles Street
New Brunswick, NJ
Take with you as identification:
1. Employment Authorization or job offer letter
2. Personal identification at least one year old
(Ex: If passport is more than one year old, or if you have a copy of your birth certificate, either will be acceptable) Note: If you do not have an identification document at least one year old, and you are a graduate student, ask a secretary or adviser at the Center for International Faculty & Student Services to arrange for an identification letter from Graduate Admissions.
3. Passport
4. I-20 or IAP-66
5. I-94 (white card in your passport)
When applying for the Social Security Number ask for a receipt for your application. This receipt may be presented to your department secretary with the Employment Data Form you receive at this office in order for you to be placed on the University Payroll.
To reach the Social Security Administration office:
Take the M 14 public bus from the bus stop outside Au Bon Pain Restaurant by the Rutgers Student Center. Ask the driver to let you off at Charles Street, at the Social Security Office.
or
Drive down George Street to Livingston Avenue (to the Fountain) in New Brunswick. Turn right and travel 24 blocks to Charles Street on your right. Turn right. The office is in the middle of the block.
You may call The Social Security Administration three days after you submit your application. (1-800-772-1213) They will tell you your number over the phone two weeks before you receive the card in the mail.