Social Security & Work permission with a K1

[GG.Gutierrez 0]

HEllo friends from VJ. Long time without talking to you. Im here now to ask you a couple of things. Our Visa was approved YAY! thanks to all by the way. Without you this would have been 100 times harder.

I am planing on leaving next year and i was wondering how long in takes for me to get a permission to work. I know that it has to be after we submit the residency papers but how long does it take, is it as soon as they receive it and start studying the case or it takes longer?

Thanks all

[Matt & Eliane 0]

You can apply for your SSN as soon as you get there. Just show them your passport and say you are under a K1 visa. And the work authrization takes about 2 months after you send in the AOS package and have your biometrics.

[GG.Gutierrez 0]

Thanks matt & Eliane

one more question what are the boimetrics? im new in this part of the process

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Biometrics means that you receive an appointment at your local USCIS office or Application Support Center (ASC) to have your photograph taken and your fingerprints taken digitally. They use those for both security checks and identification purposes. It is painless and is probably one of the easiest, least stressful part of the whole process. Prepare to get your fingerprints taken lots and lots of times over the next few years, though - new ones are required for virtually every step of the immigration process. They will also be done at the border when you enter on the K-1.

[GG.Gutierrez 0]

Thank you KAthryn

[Mal and Meg 12]

Hi, so providing you do the things correctly it will take about 2months that ill be able to start looking for a job? Im jumping the gun considering im still waiting on my NOA2 grrr but thats good as i was worried about not having enough money to take with me so thats a bit of a relief

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

HEllo friends from VJ. Long time without talking to you. Im here now to ask you a couple of things. Our Visa was approved YAY! thanks to all by the way. Without you this would have been 100 times harder.

I am planing on leaving next year and i was wondering how long in takes for me to get a permission to work. I know that it has to be after we submit the residency papers but how long does it take, is it as soon as they receive it and start studying the case or it takes longer?

Thanks all

Get your SSN right away. It comes in handy for lots of things but you cannot work until you get married and file for AOS and receive an EAD or Green Card. The EAD usually comes about 2 months after filing.

apply for the SSn in your name as it appears in your passport and change it after you have a green card or EAD

[baron555 934]

HEllo friends from VJ. Long time without talking to you. Im here now to ask you a couple of things. Our Visa was approved YAY! thanks to all by the way. Without you this would have been 100 times harder.

I am planing on leaving next year and i was wondering how long in takes for me to get a permission to work. I know that it has to be after we submit the residency papers but how long does it take, is it as soon as they receive it and start studying the case or it takes longer?

Thanks all

Look at our timeline, especially when we filed the AOS and when she got the EAD.