Can I apply for SSN card while waiting for EAD card?

[LittlePumkin 0]

My EAD card has been approved just yesterday. I have not received EAD card yet but I wonder if I can go ahead to apply for SSN card before I got EAD card in mail ?

Pls advise!! Thank you!!

** I-94 already expired since May,07 **

Edited December 19, 2007 by LittlePumkin

[YuAndDan 153]

K-1 can apply for SSN within 75 days after entry, after that SSA will not issue you SSN until you have EAD card or Green-card, and even then you eed to wait at least 2 weeks for USCIS to update the database used by SSA to confirm immigrations status.

Edited December 19, 2007 by YuAndDan

[LittlePumkin 0]

Thx for your quick response Yuanddan. So I should give additional 2 weeks for them to upload info in their data base.

[I'm Gone 60]

K-1 can apply for SSN within 75 days after entry, after that SSA will not issue you SSN until you have EAD card or Green-card, and even then you eed to wait at least 2 weeks for USCIS to update the database used by SSA to confirm immigrations status.

It's 76 days and it's not some much your ability to apply, but where you are at the time your status is verified. If you apply the first day you get here and SSA verifies your status on the 77th day you are SOL and then need an EAD card or I-551.

[I'm Gone 60]

Hope this doesn't happen to you, but if the SAVE response SSA receives comes back "application pending" due to the I-485 not having been approved, SSA is supposed to deny the SSN application even if you have a valid EAD card.

[LittlePumkin 0]

I just want to keep you guys posted that I received EAD card in mail and went to SSA office right away yesterday. They let me apply for the SSN card even my new last name has not been updated in their system yet. They said it will take about 2 weeks to get the card.

[Marriednow 4]

My EAD card has been approved just yesterday. I have not received EAD card yet but I wonder if I can go ahead to apply for SSN card before I got EAD card in mail ?

Pls advise!! Thank you!!

** I-94 already expired since May,07 **

Yes apply for that social security card as soon as you get here. They screwed ours up and it took 8 weeks to get it. Make sure they have you under the correct visa, etc. Hope this helps.

PS--Once you get that SS#, you can apply for jobs. You can't until then.

[Liebi 0]

I just want to keep you guys posted that I received EAD card in mail and went to SSA office right away yesterday. They let me apply for the SSN card even my new last name has not been updated in their system yet. They said it will take about 2 weeks to get the card.

That's what I did right after I had my EAD - had the SSN within 8 days. Good luck to you.

By the way - it is not true that you can't apply for a job without a SSN. If you have EAD you can apply and tell the employer that you are waiting on the SSN, most companies won't have a problem with that (especially because you get that confimation letter from the social security office, that you actually applied). Friend of mine worked for 2 months having EAD but waiting for the SSN, wasn't a problem at all.