POMS Reference

RM 10205: Social Security Number (SSN) Applications

TN 7 (12-09)

Process inquiries and applications for an SSN card received from persons (military and civilian) living abroad in the same manner as applications received from outside your service area. When all evidence is included with the application, process it to completion.

Do not process incomplete applications, i.e., those that require the mandatory in-person interview and those for which no evidence or insufficient evidence is submitted.

Forward applications requiring additional documentation to the appropriate office according to the following chart:

If the SS-5 or inquiry is from...

Forward to…

Canada

Servicing border field offices, see OIO Canadian Service Area Directory.

British Virgin Islands

Field Office at St. Thomas, VI.

Samoa

Field Office at Pago Pago, American Samoa.

American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, or Puerto Rico

Servicing field office - use address on FOLO.

Mexico

Servicing Foreign Service Posts in Mexico, see OIO Mexican Service Area Directory.

For Consular and Geographic codes, see NL 01510.100.

Philippines

Veterans Affairs Regional Office
SSA Division
FPO AP 96515

All other foreign addresses, including foreign APO/FPO addresses

Social Security Administration,
Office of International Operations
SSN Unit
P.O. Box 17769
Baltimore, Maryland 21235 USA