Fwd: SSN and Stipend

[arja ray]

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From: arja ray <arja....@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:37 PM
Subject: Fwd: SSN and Stipend
To: ray.th...@gmail.com

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From: <mnew...@berkeley.edu>
Date: Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: SSN and Stipend
To: arja ray <arja....@gmail.com>


Dear Arja:
The assistant dean (Chuck, whom you met at our orientation on 5/24) will
be handling the stipend payments and I'll follow-up with him about the
expected  payment date.  My understanding is that we need the assigned SSN
in order to process the payment.  The payment will be in a check format
and I understand that either Bank of America or Wells Fargo will cash
these checks without requiring that you open an account, you'll just need
to show your documentation (i.e. passport, visa and SSN identification.  I
believe it took about 3 weeks to get this processed last year, but also
note that there were more IITers as well.
Our computers and phones will be down tomorrow and most of Tuesday while
we move the Deans Office from Campbell Hall to Durant Hall (an new
building on campus) so I may not be able to get a more definitive answer
to you until Wednesday.

I will follow-up, in the mean time, please let others know that if they
are currently experiencing a hardship that they should convey this to me
and I'll see how I can help.

Best,
Mai

> Dear Mai,
>
> I'm writing to you on behalf of the entire group from IIT-Kharagpur.
> Most of us have applied for the Social Security Number (those who haven't
> will do it in the next few days)
> What we'd like to know is:
>
> 1.For the purpose of getting our stipends paid, would it suffice for us to
> provide the receipt of the application for SSN(or do we need the actual
> SSN,
> which would take another week or so to arrive)?
>
> 2. In what form would the payments be made and is it necessary to have a
> bank account here?
>
> 3. Could you give us an idea of how much time it would take to go through
> the process after we are done with the social security thing?
>
> Thank You for your help.
> Sincerely,
> Arja
>