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From: mike@cadsys.UUCP (Michael Bruck)
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Subject: Re: RE: S.S. # for non-citizens
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Date: Thu, 9-May-85 21:32:20 EDT
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> Without a SS # you can not open an interest bearing account
> with any bank in the U.S. because IRS uses your SS # to make
> sure you paid taxes.

I guess I was unaware of this when had a savings account at 
B of A for several years before obtaining a SS #.  

Actually, non-US residents may open an interest bearing account 
with a US bank, but they get a form from the Bank every year 
which they have to sign to prove that they are in fact non-residents.

I have just gone through the procedure to get my "Green Card" (which
happens to be blue), and apart from a two month delay when the INS
lost my file, it all went very smoothly.  From arrival in the US
with a temporary work permit to my getting permanent residence,
the elapsed time was slightly over a year.


				Michael Bruck