My daughter(we live in Germany)?

Question

has a US birth certificate and an expired american passport.Now,I would like to get a SSN for her.How does it work?

Answer 1

Check out http://frankfurt.usconsulate.gov/frankfu...

This is from the Consulate Frankfurt site and you can look up the other consulates in Germany at usembassy.state.gov :

Federal Benefits Unit

The Federal Benefits Unit (FBU) administers federal benefits programs from the following federal agencies:

Social Security Administration

Department of Veteran Affairs

Office of Personnel Management

Department of Labor

Railroad Retirement Board

FBU Contact Information:

The Federal Benefits Unit (FBU) is located at the American Consulate General in Frankfurt. If you have specific questions or need more information, the FBU is open to the public daily between the hours of 9:00 am and 12:00 pm.

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Social Security Administration

The Federal Benefits Unit processes Social Security Administration claims for retirement, disability and survivor benefits, Social Security number applications, all post-entitlement activities affecting beneficiaries under the various programs, i.e., changes of address, issues involving direct deposit of SAA checks, nonreceipt of check allegations and death terminations.

If you would like information on how to apply for social security retirement benefits, or for instructions on how to replace, correct, or change your name on your Social Security Card, see the Social Security Administration (SSA) website. This site also has a downloadable application form, the (SS-5) and tells you what kind of identification you need to send along with your application form.

Answer 2

Your daughter may already have a US Social security number if she already has a US passport.  If she was born in the USA, then she should have had one within a short time limit in the USA.

If she is now in Germany, then just apply at the nearest embassy or consulate for the SS number.

You can also get a NEW US passport in Germany, just pay the fees and have a photo made.

I do it for my kids every 5 years (or is it now 10?) here in Belgium.

Answer 3

Just apply for one.  Your consulate may have the form or you can probably get it online.  All you need is the birth certificate.