Social Security Card for Grad Students with Assistantships
Social Security Number Application Procedures - F-1 Graduate Students with Assistantships
What you should know before you apply for a Social Security Number (SSN):
How to apply for a SSN: Step 1 - Obtain a letter from your on-campus employer providing verification of the offer of employment. Per SSA requirements, the letter from your on-campus employer must conform to the attached sample letter.
Step 2 - Bring all of the following documents to International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) in order for ISSS to prepare a letter affirming that you are attending the University of Miami and have been offered an on-campus job:
While at ISSS, complete the ISSS Student Letter of Certification Application for Social Security Number and/or On-campus Employment Letter. Step 3 - Pick up the above documents from ISSS three business days after submitting to ISSS and take all documents to SSA along with a foreign or US driver’s license or your birth certificate. (Visit www.ssa.gov for information and directions to the Social Security office nearest you.) Step 4 - At SSA, complete Form SS-5, Application for SSN. You must include your legal name as the name to be printed on your Social Security Card. Your legal name is the name in your passport. The name you enter on Form SS-5 must EXACTLY match the name reflected in your passport. You should request a receipt at the time that you apply for the SSN for verification that you have applied for a SSN.
After you receive your SSN: Once you obtain a Social Security Card, please see the Office of Student Employment (OSE) brochure titled HOW WORK WORKS at UM, which outlines procedures and forms required for all student employees, including a specific section for graduate students and graduate assistantships. There is also a link that will take you to a brochure for specific instructions for international students. International student direct link from the OSE website: Graduate Assistantship instructions direct link from the OSE website: Report your SSN to the Office of the Registrar, 121 University Center, in order to avoid problems with your records and payments. The SSN is an important document and should be safeguarded.
Social Security Number and Taxes: Although your employer should withhold any U.S. income tax related to your employment, Social Security Withholding/Medicare (F.I.C.A.) should not be deducted from the salary of F-1 students, unless you are considered a “resident for tax purposes,” a situation which normally occurs after a student has been here at least five years.
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