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[David A. 0]

Can someone tell me how quickly my wife would recieve her Green Card and SSN in the mail. She arrived this past sunday... She wants to look for a job but is just waiting on the SSN.

[meauxna 15]

Can someone tell me how quickly my wife would recieve her Green Card and SSN in the mail. She arrived this past sunday... She wants to look for a job but is just waiting on the SSN.

It takes about 4 weeks for both cards to arrive (under separate cover). She doesn't need to wait for the SS# either:

Employers may hire candidates who have applied for, but not yet recieved, their Social Security Card.

http://tinyurl.com/3aqah6

Do legal aliens need a Social Security number to work?

Question

We are a company who is hiring legal aliens without Social Security numbers. Do they need a number to work, or just a work permit?

Answer

You are required to get each employee's name and Social Security number and to enter them on Form W-2. (This requirement also applies to resident and nonresident alien employees.) You should ask your employee to show you his or her social security card. The employee is required to show the card, if available. You may, but are not required to, photocopy the Social Security card if the employee provides it.

A non-U.S. citizen employee who does not have a Social Security number may apply for one by completing Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Card. To apply for a card, he or she will need to complete Form SS-5 which is available for download. Or they may obtain Form SS-5 by calling 1-800-772-1213 or visiting the local Social Security office.

The employee will need to submit Form SS-5 with evidence of age, identity and current authorization to work from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). (The application cannot be filed by the employer.) The immigration document may be acceptable as evidence of both identity and authorization to work in the United States. All documents must be either originals or copies certified by the issuing agency.

To apply for a replacement card, the employee will need to submit Form SS-5 with evidence of identity and current authorization to work from the DHS. We cannot accept photocopies of documents. We need original documents or copies certified by the custodian of the record. Notarized copies are also not acceptable.

If the employee is a noncitizen, we must verify their documents with the (DHS) before we issue a card. We will issue the card within two days of receiving verification from DHS. Most of the time, we can quickly verify documents online with DHS. If DHS can't verify the documents online, it may take several weeks or months to respond to Social Security's request.

Employers may hire foreign workers who have applied for and are waiting to receive Social Security numbers and cards. The employee may work while the Social Security number application is being processed. If your employee applied for an SSN but does not have it when you must file Form W-2, enter "Applied for" on the form. When the employee receives the SSN, file Form W-2c, Corrected Wage and Tax Statement, to show the employee's SSN.

Note that these are SSA's instructions to employers.

[David A. 0]

Thanks Meauxna... my wife wants to hurry to find a job.

[Kath 0]

hi david

when your wife applies for her SSN they actually give you a receipt stating you have applied ..so if she goes for a job interview she can show the employer that she has actually applied and just waiting for it to arrive...

thanks elle she is home now an will be ringing her on the weekend to see how she is going...

we bought a dvd recorder the other week or so...i am just now getting round to putting our wedding on dvd to send home lol the one we got was 98 dollars from walmart and it actually finalises the dvd to be played anywhere in the world...so im rapt lol

so if you dont wanna get a pro to put it on dvd buy a recrding dvd its fantastic..im busy also putting all the fishing shows i can find onto dvd for my boy...

i rang the hospital down the road to do some volunteer work...the lady is going to send out the forms for me ..either doing the food trays or in the pharmacy i said the latter...so will see how it goes...hopefully i can get times that suits me dont know how it works ...i thought of doing it ages ago but thought i would have a job by now...so with me doing a bit of volunteer work ..i can put that on my resume and maybe ask for a reference..who knows i might like the pharmacy and get into that kinda work..lol who knows what the future brings lol

take care

kath

[meauxna 15]

when your wife applies for her SSN they actually give you a receipt stating you have applied ..so if she goes for a job interview she can show the employer that she has actually applied and just waiting for it to arrive...

FYI: those who apply for an Immigrant Visa (CR/IR) can use a program called Ennumeration At Entry. They can apply for a SS# on the last page of their DS-230 and the info is entered when they arrive in the US. SSA automagically generates the account and mails you a SS card.

This program is NOT available for K visa holders.

The program works MOST of the time.

[vylex 0]

when your wife applies for her SSN they actually give you a receipt stating you have applied ..so if she goes for a job interview she can show the employer that she has actually applied and just waiting for it to arrive...

FYI: those who apply for an Immigrant Visa (CR/IR) can use a program called Ennumeration At Entry. They can apply for a SS# on the last page of their DS-230 and the info is entered when they arrive in the US. SSA automagically generates the account and mails you a SS card.

This program is NOT available for K visa holders.

The program works MOST of the time.

Interesting. Thanks for the info Mo'!

[serendipitous 0]

hi david

i rang the hospital down the road to do some volunteer work...the lady is going to send out the forms for me ..either doing the food trays or in the pharmacy i said the latter...so will see how it goes...hopefully i can get times that suits me dont know how it works ...i thought of doing it ages ago but thought i would have a job by now...so with me doing a bit of volunteer work ..i can put that on my resume and maybe ask for a reference..who knows i might like the pharmacy and get into that kinda work..lol who knows what the future brings lol

take care

kath

Goodluck kath! That sounds quite exciting! I hope you don't run into too much misfortune while volunteering there. I know I'd be heartbroken to see a lot of the things that go on there, but then again there are lots of happy things like babies! hehe.

I hope you get the pharmacy volunteer thing

YOu holding up well with your mum and everything? Is she doing better?

[serendipitous 0]

Who here had their fiance(e) with them at their Sydney Interview?

Raise your hands please! If not don't raise your hand but you can still respond heheheh!

I'm just worried that me not being there may make him get rejected!

[serendipitous 0]

ugh.. it wouldn't let me finish my edit to the last post. I'm sorry for the triple post guys.. But i tried to edit this question in but it wouldn't load it afterwards.. or update my edit...

Anyways.. here goes!

I only gave him the evidence that I had submitted for the I-129F petition at the Vermont Service Center (well I had duplicates of those same evidence).

I didn't give him any new evidence because when we submitted our petition to VSC he was still here and we had really recent evidence like his boarding pass and the fact that it doesn't show him leaving till after they received and sent us our NOA1. I read in one of the guides here in VJ that the "ongoing relationship" evidence should date to issuance of NOA1. That is covered I believe by what I sent to VSC.

I didn't give him any new evidence except a few more pictures of us together when he was here visiting, and a new letter of intent that states that i'm still fully supporting our decision for him to get a visa and come over here to marry me.

Do you think that's okay as far as evidence goes because it seemed to have pleased VSC enough to give me my approval in 20 days. Or do you think I should have sent him more. I sent him all the documents/copies today. Should arrive in about a week! woot!

We're going to work on his DS-230 and DS-156 and finish up his form for a police check request, he's done the fingerprint part he has to mail the application to the AFP or whatever to get his police check.

Any advice will be great!! Sorry for the long post!

Edited March 23, 2007 by serendipitous

[Moonie 0]

ugh.. it wouldn't let me finish my edit to the last post. I'm sorry for the triple post guys.. But i tried to edit this question in but it wouldn't load it afterwards.. or update my edit...

Anyways.. here goes!

I only gave him the evidence that I had submitted for the I-129F petition at the Vermont Service Center (well I had duplicates of those same evidence).

I didn't give him any new evidence because when we submitted our petition to VSC he was still here and we had really recent evidence like his boarding pass and the fact that it doesn't show him leaving till after they received and sent us our NOA1. I read in one of the guides here in VJ that the "ongoing relationship" evidence should date to issuance of NOA1. That is covered I believe by what I sent to VSC.

I didn't give him any new evidence except a few more pictures of us together when he was here visiting, and a new letter of intent that states that i'm still fully supporting our decision for him to get a visa and come over here to marry me.

Do you think that's okay as far as evidence goes because it seemed to have pleased VSC enough to give me my approval in 20 days. Or do you think I should have sent him more. I sent him all the documents/copies today. Should arrive in about a week! woot!

We're going to work on his DS-230 and DS-156 and finish up his form for a police check request, he's done the fingerprint part he has to mail the application to the AFP or whatever to get his police check.

Any advice will be great!! Sorry for the long post!

Do you have to fill out an affidavit of support? What supporting documentation does it ask for?

[serendipitous 0]

Yeah we completed an affidavit of support and got it notarized already. We included that in the packet that I sent off today. I didn't meet income requirements so my parents filled one out for me as a sponsor. I included my I-134 as well as my stepdad's.

I don't know what supporting document it asks for to be honest.. I just read the guidelines from VJ that listed things I should send over to the beneficiary.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;page=k1guide

^Scroll to the bottom it lists things that the petitioner should send over to the beneficiary. I followed those guidelines just wanted some clarification from others who have gone through this the type of evidence they sent to the beneficiary for the interview.

And if you go here:

http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/inde...&cty=Sydney

It's specific info about the Sydney Consulate. I found it VERY useful it pretty much summarizes a lot of things into very understandable terms. I didn't even know it was there till some very kind person directed me to it If you haven't checked it out, you should it's very helpful

Edited March 23, 2007 by serendipitous

[Kath 0]

hi seren

with your affidavit of support did you enclose orginals of your parents tax details..the w2's and the 1040's...we took to the interview 3 years of tax assesments and bank statements...and also a letter from his employer stating his earning and how long robert had been working there..

robert came with me to the interview they just asked him one question although i could of done it on my own it was good support..he will be fine im sure as long as he has everything in the order they ask for....read some of the reviews also that would help...

im holding up pretty well thanks i was much better after hearing my mums voice and she is going well she is a tough little pommie...lol

i found this in the herald sun today might be interesting for the ones that are leaving oz soon..

hand luggage restrictions

moone what i said above might help you also mate..

take care

kath

[Elle 0]

Just a quikie...

I was wanting to withdraw our petition in Vermont -- I thought I would just send mail to the addy we sent the I-130 to. Does anyone know if theres another mailing address or even an email to withdraw a petition? Its not fair to those who are waiting in Vermont if my case is being worked on when it doesnt need to be.

Thanks for any help!

sere - great story on how ya guys met! as far as the interview, not sure about the K1 -- but it has been said that as long as you have the paperwork ready, the interview itself is pretty dang easy.

Paul - i was the same way -- I couldnt sleep the night b4 the interview, and just kept triple checkin everything!

Hope Steph finds a job soon!

Thanks for the info Mo.

Kath - thats pretty neat toy you got there!

Hi to all!

Edited March 23, 2007 by Elle

[Emerald 0]

Off the visa topic here............thought i'd ask some fellow Aussies.... We have a DVD collection here that we are hoping to bring with us. But as they are PAL and not NTSC we are wondering if you can buy a multi region palyer over there?

We have a few NTSC ones here and they play on our DVD as it's multi region. Can you purchase these sort of players over there? If so where from?

[vylex 0]

Off the visa topic here............thought i'd ask some fellow Aussies.... We have a DVD collection here that we are hoping to bring with us. But as they are PAL and not NTSC we are wondering if you can buy a multi region palyer over there?

We have a few NTSC ones here and they play on our DVD as it's multi region. Can you purchase these sort of players over there? If so where from?

You've asked at the right place Emerald. I'm not an Aussie but I do watch lots of non-US region coded stuff.

I bought a nice inexpensive Philips DVP-642 player. It has a simple region hack so now I can play everything woohoo. I bought this at Walmart and then applied the simple hack to make it region free.

I got it at Walmart, but you can get it anywhere on the internet. It should be around $50-$60 at most.

Philips DVP642

If you want other places sell it too already preprogrammed with the hack but it's so simple (done via the remote control) that I wouldn't pay the silly $30-$40 markup.

Here is the hack...

1. Connect player and power it up

2. Open disc tray

3. Press the Disc Menu button (not system menu)

4. Press 7, 8, 9, Ok, 0

5. A message will appear saying 'Old region code = 1'... New region code = 0'

6. Open your favourite drink and enjoy your dvds!

Let me know if you have any problems. Good Luck!