Local Employment Policy Handbook - ICASS

US SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND
INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS (ITINS)
US Social Security Number
Not Ordinarily Residents (NORs) must have a US Social Security Number before HR may consider them
NOR for purposes of employment with compensation under an American pay plan. This includes non-US
Citizen Eligible Family Members of direct hire Foreign, Civil, or uniformed service members assigned to
Missions under Chief of Mission authority or an office of the AIT, and Members of Household in the few
countries where MOHs are NORs because they do not come under local labor law.
The individual must submit a completed Form SS-5, Application for Social Security Card. The SS-5 is
available on-line for download at HTTP://WWW.SSA.GOV.ONLINE.SS-5.HTML. The form is also
available by calling 1-800-772-1213, by visiting a local Social Security Office in the US, or by checking
with the Consular Section’s Federal Benefits unit at post. These services are free of charge.
Receipt of the card is usually within two weeks of the date that SSA gets all the required information
needed to process the request.
Individual Taxpayer Identification Number
Under no circumstance is HR or the Global Financial Service Center (GFSC) authorized to accept an
Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) in place of the US SSN.
There is no exception to this policy allowing use of ITINs.