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I went down to my nearest SS office on Friday and I wasn't even on the system yet (been here since the 20th of December), so they advised I go to the office that specialises in social security cards in Brooklyn on Fulton Street. Turns out the system had my first name down as both my first name and middle name combined as one! Anyway, they've fired off a new application for me and hopefully I'll get it soon. But now the company I work for (it's a job transfer) have paid me for January in the UK, so I guess I'll have some extra filing to do when doing the taxes at the end of the year.

I never realised my middle name (which is Richard, nothing exotic!) would cause me so many problems. I got a bank account with TD bank a couple of days after I arrived, all seemed to be going ok until a card got blocked, when I went to the bank to find out why I noticed on their system they had me filed with my middle name as my surname!

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You can't apply for a medical license in the state of California without an SSN.

You can't start work as a doctor without a medical license.

As you can't apply for an SSN without an I-94, and the medical license application takes minimum 6 weeks, you are potentially stuck waiting around all that time not getting paid. Hence the desire to go back home and work while the medical license is being processed.

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Don't know if anyone here has any bright ideas: i arrived on an L1 B visa on 1st April. Went to SS office on 3rd April with my wife (L2 visa) to apply for SSN. Hers came through 2 weeks later, i still (7 weeks later) have heard nothing. I keep calling the SS office but they say it is with Homeland security and they can do nothing to chase. I have managed to buy a car, sort out health insurance, rent a house without it, but can't get paid which is a bit of a pain. Any thoughts/advice appreciated, thanks

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Bugger all you can do about it. Once you're being manually verified, you've just got to wait and can take 6-10 weeks.

You can get paid though, but the employer takes out the maximum taxes, which you can adjust once you get the SSN and claim any over paid taxes when you file your taxes next year.

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Bob,
Thanks for that, i was unaware

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Hmm, same thing happened to me.

We went too early (we did wait the 10 days) and got sent for verification. My wife's (L2) card arrived soon after but not mine.

I went back to the office a week after my wife's card had arrived and they checked for me, couldn't see why I didn't have a number, but my entry was in and they gave me the number two days later. The card arrived shortly after that.

In a terribly English way I blamed my persistence on being made to do it by my HR department.

My advice - go back to the office.

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roberth1970, think you are right, time for a visit to the office. Thanks