SSN# & GC

[honneh 0]

CR-1 holders, upon arriving in US how long did you wait for your SSN# and GC. I get bored staying at home, I want to work but I still don't have my SSN#. I been here at Pennsylvania for 2 weeks already, what I have for now is a welcome notice. Pls let me know how long before you received your SSN# and GC. Thanks

[Otto 83]

CR-1 will need to go the your nearest SSA office and submit an SS-5 (Application for Social Security Card) - it won't get sent automatically if you don't. The PR/Green Card usually takes a couple/three weeks.

[honneh 0]

CR-1 will need to go the your nearest SSA office and submit an SS-5 (Application for Social Security Card) - it won't get sent automatically if you don't. The PR/Green Card usually takes a couple/three weeks.

K1 process is different from CR-1 process.

[Otto 83]

K1 process is different from CR-1 process.

I am fully aware of that.. Answer (above) is correct.

[honneh 0]

K1 process is different from CR-1 process.

I am fully aware of that.. Answer (above) is correct.

We need not to apply our SSN# personally as CR-1, the government will be the one to give us our security #. It is already included in our application for DS 230.

[No-Where-Man 147]

K1 process is different from CR-1 process.

I am fully aware of that.. Answer (above) is correct.

We need not to apply our SSN# personally as CR-1, the government will be the one to give us our security #. It is already included in our application for DS 230.

thts correct

if u marked to have it in your DS-230

then just wait for it please

some reported it tookthem a month

if a month passed and still nothing then call USCIS at once

Good Luck

[Otto 83]

K1 process is different from CR-1 process.

I am fully aware of that.. Answer (above) is correct.

We need not to apply our SSN# personally as CR-1, the government will be the one to give us our security #. It is already included in our application for DS 230.

If you say so - am just telling you what the reality is going to be. Good luck...

[OBX 51]

K1 process is different from CR-1 process.

I am fully aware of that.. Answer (above) is correct.

We need not to apply our SSN# personally as CR-1, the government will be the one to give us our security #. It is already included in our application for DS 230.

If you say so - am just telling you what the reality is going to be. Good luck...

"Karin and Otto" is correct. You can sit and wait for it to arrive BUT the reality is you should go to your local SS office about 10 days after arrival to see if you are in the system. This applies regardless of whether you checked the appropriate box on the DS230 or not. You may be required to fill in an application or they may be able to give you your SSN then and the card will follow in the mail. Alternatively you can sit and wait for the wheels of bureaucracy to turn. Good luck!

[honneh 0]

K1 process is different from CR-1 process.

I am fully aware of that.. Answer (above) is correct.

We need not to apply our SSN# personally as CR-1, the government will be the one to give us our security #. It is already included in our application for DS 230.

thts correct

if u marked to have it in your DS-230

then just wait for it please

some reported it tookthem a month

if a month passed and still nothing then call USCIS at once

Good Luck

ah ok, thanks...

[queuedup 1]

Agreed with Karin und Otto, and OBX!! My wife went to the SSA office 10 days after arrival and we got her SSN number the following week. The representative at the office even said sometimes the paperwork is forwarded from the POE or USCIS and sometimes it isn't. Good Luck!!

[Kenza 1]

Agree with the others...one thing I have learned with this Visa process is that nothing will get done unless YOU take the initiative!

[honneh 0]

Oh ic, we will probably visit SS Office this friday if I still don't have my SSN# in the box. Thanks everyone.

[honneh 0]

Hello guys, I read from somebody's reply on the other site that you need to bring your GC to SS Office if you are going to check for your SSN#. Is that true? What other documents should I bring in there?

[darkequitus 0]

Hello guys, I read from somebody's reply on the other site that you need to bring your GC to SS Office if you are going to check for your SSN#. Is that true? What other documents should I bring in there?

No.

All I brought was my passport with the temporary I-551. I had no other docs such as roof of address. They to a photo copies of my visa, entered whatever info I told them on the computer. That was it. Of course the address I gave them matched what immigration had on file. I got a confirmation letter, quoting my new SNN from my local SSA in TN a couple of days before I got the actual card.

[honneh 0]

Hello guys, I read from somebody's reply on the other site that you need to bring your GC to SS Office if you are going to check for your SSN#. Is that true? What other documents should I bring in there?

No.

All I brought was my passport with the temporary I-551. I had no other docs such as roof of address. They to a photo copies of my visa, entered whatever info I told them on the computer. That was it. Of course the address I gave them matched what immigration had on file. I got a confirmation letter, quoting my new SNN from my local SSA in TN a couple of days before I got the actual card.

Oh I still don't have my I-551 too, even temporary I-551 I don't have it yet. What I have in here is passport and Visa only.