Honestly, I would not make up some BS about getting a "new SSN." That is the freakin last resort of a major identity theft. Don't go lying about that. Because nobody here knows what type of information is stored under one's SSN. What if you say it is stolen and they pull up your SSN and find no records whatsoever about it being generated as a new SSN because the previous one was stolen? I think this is a tough situation for you man. This is a tough one man...Does the W2 at least have an ITIN on it? Because I have seen individuals with ITINs get W2's with SSN's on it. Sry man..I can't think of a fix right now...