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Go to the local Social Security office. If you are a resident of the US, even on student visa, you can be issued a social security number.

You will have to apply and you will want to take your passport with you.

You NEED to take the clinicals. Going to the Social Security office will take up a morning.

Go first thing when they open. Less crowded and much quicker.

Oh- they don't care WHY you need the number. They just care that you DO.

Check your local phone book for the location- Department of Social Security.

Your visa status will determine whether you need a Social Security number or a Taxpayer Identification number and also whether you need permission from your school. This page from Purdue (http://www.acct.ipfw.edu/ap/pers_scv/itinssn.htm) provides some clarification. Ask your school's placement office or foreign student support office; they should have the required information.

The Social Security Administration website (http://www.ssa.gov/) will help you locate your closest SSA office (in Sacramento, it's in the Federal Building, if I remember correctly) and provide other helpful information.

Best of luck with your clinicals and your classes.

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[b][i]You do not need to go to or through the site donovan99c6 identified to get your work authorization.[/i][/b]

If you need a SSN, it is FREE from the US government, you do NOT need to pay anybody to get it.

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