Matt Henderson on Twitter: "@mjtsai At least you one. They just told me that since I live outside the US, I can’t have an account. Can only check status at an embassy."

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Matt Henderson ‏@dafacto 26 Feb 2015

Just tried calling the US social security administration. It’s 8am EST, and the recording says, “Sorry, we don’t open until 6am EST.”
Michael Tsai ‏@mjtsai 26 Feb 2015

@mhenders Their site was also down for maintenance minutes after they sent me an e-mail telling me to check my account.

‏@dafacto

@mjtsai At least you one. They just told me that since I live outside the US, I can’t have an account. Can only check status at an embassy.

7:06 AM - 26 Feb 2015

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