All J-1 Exchange Visitors who are on Appalachian payroll will require a Social Security number. The closest Social Security Administration office is in Wilkesboro, NC. ISSSO will provide transportation to the Social Security Administration office for eligible students and scholars three times each semester. If you are unable to go at the times that the ISSSO organizes, your faculty host will provide arrangements for you to go. For information about future trips, please contact us at issso@appstate.edu. If you are traveling to the Social Security Administration office without ISSSO, you will need to take the following documents with you:
- Passport
- Printout of I-94 number
- Form DS-2019
- Letter from ISSSO confirming eligibility for Social Security number
- Contract or offer letter from Appalachian
Social Security cards will be mailed to the address you provide the Social Security Administration two to three weeks after you apply.
IMPORTANT: The Social Security Administration is not able to issue a Social Security number until you have physically checked in with a ISSSO staff member and your immigration record has been validated. Do not go to the Social Security office before checking in with a staff member from ISSSO.
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