after getting to America

[yabasta 0]

I am not sure where to post these questions so forgive me if i got the wrong place.

I arrived just over a week ago in Atlanta and i went to apply for my Social Secuirty on monday. I got my social security card on saturday and now i am applying for a permit to allow me to learn to drive on the road here.

So i am finding out the things i need to drive and i wonder what exactly i am waiting on. Should i get a green card in the mail? Do i need to apply for it? I read somewhere that people got their white i94 back and should i have got mine back aswell or is that for certain visas only?

Is my passport good to prove i am here legally for now?

I have a SS card and my passport(stamped). Apparently i need to get proof that i live here in Georgia so i guess i will use a bank statement once i get that. I am mainly asking what els ei am waiting for if anything as the dmv booklet mentions proof that i am here in GA legally and mentions i-551 which is the stamp in my passport right? There is nothing else is there?

So any help on this is much appreciated.

thanks

Edited August 8, 2006 by yabasta

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Welcome to Georgia - I am just south of Atlanta:-). You sound good to go. I used a bank statement to prove I was resident in Georgia and my EAD to prove I was legally resident in the US. Your passport stamp proves you are a legal resident of the US and should be fine for your driver's license. If for some reason they do not accept that, your green card should arrive fairly quickly and you can use that. Have fun driving Georgia highways - the interstates are busy so try and explore the back roads first. I spent my first year getting lost on all of the back roads in the area - but I now know how to get around better than my husband:-). Good luck.

Oh, my written test for the driver's license did include administrative type of questions as well as driving questions, ie. how long do you have before you have to change your address if you move, things like that, so make sure you study the whole driver's handbook.

[yabasta 0]

thanks a lot.

[Dragonsbreath 0]

This prob got nothing to do with anything, but you got your SSN card in 5 days?? I applied for mine and it took 5 months till they had it sent to me! IM In Bumfucked Kansas though...

Edited August 10, 2006 by Dragonsbreath

[ghallett 0]

If for some reason they do not accept that, your green card should arrive fairly quickly

You're sure about that? I've been here over a year now and applied for AOS last December and still waiting on fingerpring checking before my green card is issued.

[meauxna 15]

If for some reason they do not accept that, your green card should arrive fairly quickly

You're sure about that? I've been here over a year now and applied for AOS last December and still waiting on fingerpring checking before my green card is issued.

Different visa type, different story.

[ghallett 0]

Ah yes....didn't notice that. My apologies. (sticking to off topic from now on.)