Originally Posted by König

Of course, I may not be familiar with many foreign emergency/temporary travel documents, but I know that most embassies do offer emergency passports or one-way travel documents that allow a citizen to go back to the country of citizenship. Now, if such documents were routinely rejected by airline stuff, then an embassy would either stop issuing such documents or would contact the airline and let them know that such documents should be accepted. I do understand that there is always a risk of such documents being rejected, but if I really need to travel urgently, then I would take the risk.

I would like to hear what you'd suggest the OP to do in this situation. From your other posts on this forum, you do not seem to believe in the Occam's razor principle, that is why it would be extremely interesting to hear your thoughts on how to make it work rather than why it won't work.


Most people (the OP is not one of them) would like to be able to work, so they are eager to apply for a SSN as soon as they receive a Green Card or even as soon as they are issued a Work Authorisation Document while their I-485 is under review. Thus, it is unlikely to see a permanent resident without a SSN. As for native-born US citizens without a SSN, it is mostly because of their religious beliefs. I know that for both US passports and California IDs, you need to provide a SSN if you have one. It is possible to receive a California ID without a SSN, but an applicant would have to supply an official letter from the SSA explaining why this person is not eligible for a SSN. That is what I had to do back in the days when I was in H4 status and was replacing my OR DL with a CA DL. California IDs are accepted for federal identification/inspection purposes, so if a person manages to get one, then he/she is good to go.