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[CDAgirlMI 51]

You have to apply for the SSN before 30 days of the expiration date on the I-94. We were there on the 30th day and got denied and had to wait until we had completed the AoS.

I thought it was 14 days before the I-94 expires?? Maybe they changed it? I don't know. I applied 2 weeks after I got here.

[Sam and Ben 2]

As a K-1 Visa Holder you are eligible to receive a SSN upon producing a valid I-94 (unexpired). Do not wait until you only have a few weeks left until your I-94 expires to file for a SSN. Many SSA offices will not allow you to file for a SSN if your I-94 is about to expire (generally 14 days prior to the expiration on your I-94).

^ Straight from the guides here on how to get an SSN as a K1/K3. Rob, is it possible that you and your wife just came across someone who was misinformed?

If that is something that's been recently changed, it should certainly be changed in the guides, as I'm sure many people rely on that bit of info.

[The_Dude 1,142]

^ Straight from the guides here on how to get an SSN as a K1/K3. Rob, is it possible that you and your wife just came across someone who was misinformed?

If that is something that's been recently changed, it should certainly be changed in the guides, as I'm sure many people rely on that bit of info.

When they told us that, I requested a manager and was shown verbiage from some manual they had there. Their rationale was that it can take more than 30 days to potentially process a SSN, they do not want to issue a SSN to someone who is out of status. I read that too, and that is not a hard guidline, more of a suggestion. I suppose they leave quite a bit of discretion to each office.