<prompt> Human: I am a foreign national and studied in the US. Through payment history cellphone bills?, I must have some sort of credit records. However, Ive never worked in the US so I dont have a social security number. I just got a job in the US so Ill be applying for a SSN soon but I am looking for apartments now. They all require a credit score. I wont have my SSN before I need to find an apartment. Is there any way for me to access my credit score without having a SSN? TL;DR: I am foreign and dont have a social security number, although Ive lived in the US for 4 years. Is there any way for me to access my credit score without a SSN?  <response>: If you look on places like Craigslist for people renting out rooms, they often wont require a credit score. Be aware that many of the people renting out rooms on Craigslist are financially stressed and also tend not to be particularly stable or sane people. When going back to grad school, I ended up renting through CL four times, and all four were train wrecks. My favorite was the one whose parents moved, left him a ton of frozen vegetables, and he threw a screaming tantrum at me because he forgot theyd given them to him and thought that I was using up the entire freezer. No apology was given when I explained that they were his. 