A sucker born every minute

§ November 19th, 2008 § Filed under rants, slice of life § No Comments

During our visit to the social security office two weeks ago, we were told verbally that the USCIS has verified the data in the system and I should be getting the Social Security Numbers (SSN) and Social Security Card in the mail within two weeks. Since two weeks has passed and no news of SSN yet. We drove two hours back and forth to go down there AGAIN.

First, we waited about 45 minutes in line, woman clerk No 1 who attended to us checked the computer and said the processing was still pending. She referred to the woman clerk No 2 who accepted our application six weeks ago. Woman clerk No 2 said “Oh, I got to pull out her file!”

She then went inside to dig out the social security card application submitted six weeks ago, looked at them for a couple of minutes. Then she said she couldn’t process the application yet because USCIS hasn’t verified my married name. She was lying to cover her lazy ass! How could USCIS processed my green card and sent me one if they have not verified my name? And, she has my passport, visa, temporarily work authorization stamp, birth certificate and marriage certificate, what else does she need to verify? Furthermore, she should have sent me a mail or call me if the name cannot be verified, instead of sitting on my application for six weeks!!

I was very very furious with this woman No 2, she was obviously trying to make life difficult. However, I kept my calm and told the woman No 1 that I wanted my Social Security card processed, in whatever name she choose. So she processed my Social Security card application in my maiden name.

Then she gave a letter that says the card will arrive in two weeks. It’s a desperate measure to get the application out of that office so we don’t have to deal with this suckers anymore. (We thought of going to another social security office, but afraid they may ask us to return to the first one since the pending application is filed here.) We plan to go to another Social Security office to get the name changed once the SS card arrives, since the card is issued F.O.C.

I asked whether a SSN has been assigned that she could give me, again she lied and said there was NONE! I know for a fact that many people were assigned a SSN a week or two after  they entered with an immigrant visa. Mine has been seven weeks, and even the green card which typocally comes after the SSN has been issued!!

Unfortunately, this people represent some of the everyday racism one will encounter in this country!

We will wait for two weeks, if there is still nothing comes in the mail, I am going to get the congressman office to file a complaint against them or write a  “Letter To The  Editor”. I know the law protects me from being discriminated, they have picked the wrong person to mess with !!