U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has officially ended the long-standing practice that allowed applicants for an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) to request a Social Security Number (SSN) directly through form I-765. Since 2017, EAD applicants were able to request an original or replacement SSN as part of their form I-765 filing under the Social Security Administration Enumeration Beyond Entry program. This streamlined process eliminated the need for ap