- Get enrolled full-time. If you are a newly arrived student, you must also check-in with the ISSO to active your SEVIS record.
- Obtain a completed on-campus employment verification letter from your supervisor.
- Upload the letter from your supervisor to the Social Security Number Application in iGlobal. It will take the ISSO 7-10 business days to issue the additional letter you need to apply for your SSN.
- Complete the SSA's Online Social Security Number Application and schedule an appointment with the SSN office.
Take the letters from your supervisor and the ISSO along with your passport and your I-20 or DS-2019 to the US Federal Building at 100 Centennial Mall.