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Student visa?
My friend is from Colombia and she is visiting her father for the summer here in america. She has a spanish student visa and she wants to get into investing.
They ask for ssn number and she doesn’t have a ssn card but is that the same as the visa id number she has? Or no
6 Answers
- Anonymous2 weeks ago
Study in her own country. We are full.
- sunshine_melLv 72 weeks ago
She can't work in the US, she's a tourist.
Her Spanish visa is valid only in Spain (and for studying, not working)
- ?Lv 72 weeks ago
She can apply and get a TIN [a substitute for a social security number], she will qualify for it. If she ever becomes an immigrant or a citizen that same number will become her social security number. She can apply it online at the IRS.Gov
- ?Lv 72 weeks ago
The number on her visa for a country that isn't the US has nothing to do with investing in the US. But one doesn't have to be a US citizen or have an SSN to invest in the US stock market.
- W.T. DoorLv 72 weeks ago
No, her USA tourist visa number is not a SSN or replacement.
By "get into investing" she means "work in the USA". She cannot legally do that without a work visa. To get a work visa she has to be sponsored for the visa by an employer in the USA. It isn't going to happen.
