Social Security Card

[MrsDarby 0]

Hi Everyone,

My husband and I recently sent our paperwork in for him to become an unconditional status and to receive his work permit.

At what point in the process do you get a social security number/card? Is this something we can do on our own at any time? Or does this happen along the way as part of the K-1 process?

Should we go to the SS office?

Thanks in advance for any recommendations!

[ian12312 0]

You have to apply for it yourself at your local Social Security office.

You should wait 2 weeks from arrival in the US to make sure that your husband is in their computer system but you must apply with 76 days of arrival (14 days before the I-94 expires). After those 76 days you would have to wait until he has his EAD

[I'm Gone 60]

Hi Everyone,

My husband and I recently sent our paperwork in for him to become an unconditional status and to receive his work permit.

At what point in the process do you get a social security number/card? Is this something we can do on our own at any time? Or does this happen along the way as part of the K-1 process?

Should we go to the SS office?

He must go to local SSA office to apply and find it here:

http://www.ssa.gov/locator

SSA will not assign an SSN or issue a card if his status has expired or is within 14 days of expiring.

K-1 status is good for 90 days, so that only gives him 76 days to be assigned an SSN and issued a card. After that time he will need an EAD or I-551 to establish authorization to work. Before that time the

I-94 showing K-1 status is the document that establishes authorization to work for SSN purposes.

The status/documents of all aliens must be verified before SSA will assign an SSN and/or issue a card and the 14 day limit applies even if he passes the 76th day while waiting for his status to be verified.

The SSA office will try to verify his status through the SAVE system while he is in the office. If they can't, they will send a form G-845 to immigration for manual verification. This could delay the assigning

of an SSN and/or issuing a card for weeks and some times months.

If the SSA office does send the G-845, suggest that he go back to the SSA office no more than once a week with his documents to (1) ask them to check SAVE again (2) ask if they sent a G-845 (3) if yes, did it come

back (4) after 30 days ask if they have followed up on the G-845 by calling or sending another mark "second request."

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http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203720

RM 00203.720 Verifying Immigration Documents

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http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203735

RM 00203.735 Requesting Online (Primary) Verification By SAVE

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After having waited at least 30 days and your local SSA office doesn't seem concerned about following up on the G-845 he can try contacting the SSA Regional Office (RO) responsible for your state:

http://www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/natlpocontacts.html

Refer them to this:

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203740

RM 00203.740 Requesting Additional (Manual) Verification By DHS

B. PROCEDURE – HOW TO REQUEST MANUAL VERIFICATION

STEP 6

DHS should respond to SSA within 15 federal work days after receiving the Form G-845. If DHS does not respond within 15 federal work days from the receipt of the G-845 from SSA, follow-up with the DHS, USCIS

Immigration Status office. (Allow 15 days plus five additional federal work days of mail time for the G-845 to be received at and returned from DHS.

Follow local practice to follow-up with DHS. Some SSA offices have an arrangement with the DHS, USCIS office to telephone for the follow-up contact; other SSA offices send a copy of the original G-845 annotated

“second request.”) If the DHS response is still not received within 15 federal work days after the follow-up contact (if the follow-up is by mail allow five additional federal work days of mail time for the G-845

to be received at and returned from DHS), make a second follow-up contact. If the DHS response is not received within 15 federal workdays (again, if the follow-up is by mail, allow five additional federal work

days of mail time for the G-845 to be received at and returned from DHS), after two follow-ups, contact the RO. Also report to the RO any trend that shows a serious deviation by DHS from the above time frames. The RO will consult with central office.