Visit to the social security office
The nearest Social Security office is more than 25 miles from where we live. We decided to go down there on Tuesday as it’s T’s day off from work. We left the house at about 7.30 a.m., stopped by the McD to have breakfast before we got on the highway. There were about 10 people lining up outside the Social Security office waiting for the door to open when we arrived there at 9.00 a.m. I quickly joined the line while T parked the car. Within a few minutes, we were allowed to go in. We got a number, sat down to wait for our turn.
Our number was called after waited about 15-20 minutes. We were told we need my birth certificate for issuing of Social Security Numbers! I have filled up the form required but didn’t bring along the birth certificate because no where in the form indicated that it’s needed!
Oh well, we went home to get the birth certificate and drove down there again. (Wasted two and half hours and traveling over 50 miles back and forth!!) You thought it’s smooth sailing after that. Just the opposite! We wasted whole morning driving down there twice only to be told my name shown in the system was jumbled up. The customer service at the social security couldn’t or wouldn’t issue me a SSN. Even though I have my marriage certificate, birth certificate and passport to prove they were the ones that screwed up, not me. Damned bureaucrats!
I was too tired and hungry to argue. So I surrendered for a jumbled up name! We would wait till the green card to arrive in the mail and see whether the same happened, then we can get that changed later.
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