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[A&J2010 0]

hello vj's family ... once a fiance is here what do u do first get the SS# for him or get married first i live in michigan and i looked and looked some website said this some said that ... pls help thank you in advance

[HeatDeath 430]

Get your SS# before you get married. Trying to do it after you get married seems to confuse the SSA employees to no end.

Wait 1-2 weeks after you PoE, to ensure that your entry record is in their computer system, then go down to the SSA office with your passport with K1 visa and I-94. Fill out their SS-5 form indicating that you are an "alien authorized to work", and they should give you one with relatively little flack.

There is a link in the Guides here to an SSA policy document that explicitly lists K-1s as eligible to work, for SSA purposes. It might be helpful to have that to show them if you get some pushback from the clerk. Failing that, as for a supervisor - they're usually better trained.

[A&J2010 0]

Get your SS# before you get married. Trying to do it after you get married seems to confuse the SSA employees to no end.

Wait 1-2 weeks after you PoE, to ensure that your entry record is in their computer system, then go down to the SSA office with your passport with K1 visa and I-94. Fill out their SS-5 form indicating that you are an "alien authorized to work", and they should give you one with relatively little flack.

There is a link in the Guides here to an SSA policy document that explicitly lists K-1s as eligible to work, for SSA purposes. It might be helpful to have that to show them if you get some pushback from the clerk. Failing that, as for a supervisor - they're usually better trained.

thank you so much heatdeath for the info

[payxibka 10,047]

not a consulate issue... moving thread

[rlogan 2,036]

Get your SS# before you get married. Trying to do it after you get married seems to confuse the SSA employees to no end.

Wait 1-2 weeks after you PoE, to ensure that your entry record is in their computer system, then go down to the SSA office with your passport with K1 visa and I-94. Fill out their SS-5 form indicating that you are an "alien authorized to work", and they should give you one with relatively little flack.

There is a link in the Guides here to an SSA policy document that explicitly lists K-1s as eligible to work, for SSA purposes. It might be helpful to have that to show them if you get some pushback from the clerk. Failing that, as for a supervisor - they're usually better trained.

Yup.

The National Academy of Science has been looking for signs of intelligent life in the SSA, but has been unable to find any.

You have to know their job better than they do, and absolutely never leave there accepting their word it cannot be done. Some are downright malicious, like our clerk, who really enjoyed sending us away numerous times in frustration.

Even our congressional office was useless getting my wife a ss#. In the end, a new employee arrived in the office. This new employee gave us the social security number right away, no hassle, despite this malicious clerk standing over her insisting it couldn't be done.

[jken 2]

as i understand it we (k1 V) holdes still need the ead inorder to work legally in the US. cORRECT?

[HeatDeath 430]

Correct.