I am having problems with obtaining a SSN. I moved back to the US from Europe in April and have been trying to get a SSN for the past months but it seems impossible! Let me tell you my story.
I was born in 1990 in India, my father is a US citizen and my mother is Swiss. My father was there professionally. We then moved to the US, where I lived until I was 6 years old in 1996. My mother didn’t work and she was not aware of the importance of a SSN. My father who should have known, given the fact he had been living in the US his entire life, didn’t bother to get me a SSN and I guess I never needed it. My parents then got separated and I moved to Switzerland with my mother, where I had been living for the past 22 years. I have always wanted to move back and have now made the move. I went to the social security office to get a new social security number but I have been rejected because I don’t have any records from 1990 to 1996. I don’t have any medical records nor school records since I only went to kindergarten and in addition it wasn’t a public kindergarten, it was a private montessouri preschool. My mother told me that I did go to doctors but she doesn’t remember the doctor’s names, which I understand, it was over 20 years ago! My father doesn’t have any records either. It’s very frustrating because I can’t work, can’t open a bank account, can’t get a driver’s license and I really don’t know what to do. I brought my passport, my report of birth abroad form, all of my school and work records from Switzerland (which start from the year 1997) that my mother and I kept but I have nothing from 1990 to 1996. What can I do? Can someone please help me?
I was born in 1990 in India, my father is a US citizen and my mother is Swiss. My father was there professionally. We then moved to the US, where I lived until I was 6 years old in 1996. My mother didn’t work and she was not aware of the importance of a SSN. My father who should have known, given the fact he had been living in the US his entire life, didn’t bother to get me a SSN and I guess I never needed it. My parents then got separated and I moved to Switzerland with my mother, where I had been living for the past 22 years. I have always wanted to move back and have now made the move. I went to the social security office to get a new social security number but I have been rejected because I don’t have any records from 1990 to 1996. I don’t have any medical records nor school records since I only went to kindergarten and in addition it wasn’t a public kindergarten, it was a private montessouri preschool. My mother told me that I did go to doctors but she doesn’t remember the doctor’s names, which I understand, it was over 20 years ago! My father doesn’t have any records either. It’s very frustrating because I can’t work, can’t open a bank account, can’t get a driver’s license and I really don’t know what to do. I brought my passport, my report of birth abroad form, all of my school and work records from Switzerland (which start from the year 1997) that my mother and I kept but I have nothing from 1990 to 1996. What can I do? Can someone please help me?
