SSN

[Micah Kam 0]

Has anyone else experienced a delay in receiving their Social Security Number? I applied for it about 2 months ago. I'm getting worried and I've tried to call their hot line with no success.

[payxibka 10,047]

moving to "Working and Traveling" forum to increase the chances of a reply as SSN questions should be posted there

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Has anyone else experienced a delay in receiving their Social Security Number? I applied for it about 2 months ago. I'm getting worried and I've tried to call their hot line with no success.

Go to the local office where you applied and ask for a supervisor.

[I'm Gone 60]

If you applied based on your K-1 status and using your I-94, based on your having arrived 11/22/2008 if your application is still pending you aren't going to be assigned an SSN or issued a card without an EAD card or I-551 stamp or card at this point.

The best you can hope for now is that the SSN was assigned, but you didn't receive the card. The SSA office can then provide you with the number, but you can't be issued a replacement card without an EAD card or I-551 stamp or card. However, you can request an SSN Verification Printout, that will provide you with proof of your assigned SSN until you are eligible to be issued a replacement card.

Edited March 18, 2009 by I Quit

[STEPHnRIA 2]

Has anyone else experienced a delay in receiving their Social Security Number? I applied for it about 2 months ago. I'm getting worried and I've tried to call their hot line with no success.

Yup! That's me! I applied two months ago too and after calling their hotline numerous times ( always busy) and sending e-mails to them, I went back to the SSA yesterday. They told me that there's answers from the immigration yet so I have to wait. Apparently, they have this new system to speed things up which is #######.

[I'm Gone 60]

Has anyone else experienced a delay in receiving their Social Security Number? I applied for it about 2 months ago. I'm getting worried and I've tried to call their hot line with no success.

Yup! That's me! I applied two months ago too and after calling their hotline numerous times ( always busy) and sending e-mails to them, I went back to the SSA yesterday. They told me that there's answers from the immigration yet so I have to wait. Apparently, they have this new system to speed things up which is #######.

You still have a chance to be assigned an SSN based on your K-1 status since you have only been here 66 days, but once you reach the 76th, you are SOL too.

[hapycloud 0]

Has anyone else experienced a delay in receiving their Social Security Number? I applied for it about 2 months ago. I'm getting worried and I've tried to call their hot line with no success.

Best thing to do is go into your local SSA office, make sure you bring your receipt with the reference number on it. The Social Security Number application system can look up to see if your immigration status is pending or waht not. I also suggest you make sure you bring with you the documents that you originally supplied the day you applied. If a number has been assigned to you and it has been over 30 days the field office may not have a copy of your original application anymore and you may have to do it again to get a replacement card issued out. However, if a number has been assigned to you, the office can issue a number verification to show that a number has been assigned to you, it's just not the official Social Security card. Hope that helps.

[I'm Gone 60]

Has anyone else experienced a delay in receiving their Social Security Number? I applied for it about 2 months ago. I'm getting worried and I've tried to call their hot line with no success.

Best thing to do is go into your local SSA office, make sure you bring your receipt with the reference number on it. The Social Security Number application system can look up to see if your immigration status is pending or waht not. I also suggest you make sure you bring with you the documents that you originally supplied the day you applied. If a number has been assigned to you and it has been over 30 days the field office may not have a copy of your original application anymore and you may have to do it again to get a replacement card issued out. However, if a number has been assigned to you, the office can issue a number verification to show that a number has been assigned to you, it's just not the official Social Security card. Hope that helps.

Even if the SSA office still has the application on file, if the reference number starts with 08XXXXXXXX, the person is SOL on getting a replacement card based on K-1 status. SSA will not assign an SSN or issue a card when the person's status is within 14 days of expiring. K-1 status is valid for 90 day and minus 14 leave 76 days. Jan 31 days , Feb 28 days and March 20th equals 79.

[Elghazi2008 4]

Actually, yes. We are going to be facing a delay because, come to find out, the Social Security office discovered that when my fiance entered the states on his k-1 visa, his visa status got lost in translation apparently and he was entered into the system as being on an F-1 STUDENT visa. Sooooo....we are looking at another 6-8 weeks of waiting is what the lady at the SS office told us.... You should go back to the SS office if you are able to and inquire about what's going on with your application. Maybe the same thing happened with yours...

[I'm Gone 60]

Actually, yes. We are going to be facing a delay because, come to find out, the Social Security office discovered that when my fiance entered the states on his k-1 visa, his visa status got lost in translation apparently and he was entered into the system as being on an F-1 STUDENT visa. Sooooo....we are looking at another 6-8 weeks of waiting is what the lady at the SS office told us.... You should go back to the SS office if you are able to and inquire about what's going on with your application. Maybe the same thing happened with yours...

I would be going back to the office once a week to see if the secondary electronic verification has been submitted and has it come back. Now a good possibility with that type of problem immigration is going to want to see a copy of the I-94, so it will be mailed along with Form G-845 for manual verification and then immigration will mail the G-845 back to the SSA. So you got to keep on top of things to make sure the SSA office has followed procedure or you will wind up like the original poster and your status has expired before you receive an SSN card.