No Social Security Number after entering with a CR1

[cjjj 1]

Is there an office closer to your husband's work? Could you go with him to work one day and go from there? Or can he apply on your behalf? I saw a section on the SSN site that said something about having someone else apply but didn't research it very far. Perhaps that is an option.

ETA: This page also says "take or mail" your application so maybe you can do that? http://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/

Yeah, I saw the option of mailing it but for some reason the office told me I had to come in in person.

As for it being cheaper to take the day off than not being able to work... I am self-employed, so I already work again. I didn't need an SSN to start my business in the US. So me and my husband taking the day off to go to the SSN is incredibly expensive. Especially considering that we only have to do it because someone at the DHS or SSA didn't do their job.

As for Darnell: I find it rude when someone in every single post just assumes that people don't do their research and essentially is condescending and patronizing all the time. Not only on this thread.

How many places do you guys know in the US were public transport is readily available over a distance of 60 miles? Not too many, I bet.

I guess I'll just have to suck it up and eat the loss. I was just hoping someone here had waited for the SSN longer than 3 weeks and it ended up getting in after all.

[The Mean Lady 604]

Yeah, I saw the option of mailing it but for some reason the office told me I had to come in in person.

As for it being cheaper to take the day off than not being able to work... I am self-employed, so I already work again. I didn't need an SSN to start my business in the US. So me and my husband taking the day off to go to the SSN is incredibly expensive. Especially considering that we only have to do it because someone at the DHS or SSA didn't do their job.

As for Darnell: I find it rude when someone in every single post just assumes that people don't do their research and essentially is condescending and patronizing all the time. Not only on this thread.

How many places do you guys know in the US were public transport is readily available over a distance of 60 miles? Not too many, I bet.

I guess I'll just have to suck it up and eat the loss. I was just hoping someone here had waited for the SSN longer than 3 weeks and it ended up getting in after all.

I can take a bus or a train to detroit from chicago.

That's 5 hours.

I'm sorry if you don't like the answers, but in regards to your patronizing Darnell, you have to understand that there are several foreigners on this website that don't understand how to look these things up.

There are also lazy people that don't even attempt to.

There are options, but as I stated, you are making excuses for them because they cost money.

I have made those same excuses for 2+ years now and my SS office is only about 40 minutes away.

And I could take a paid half day.

If you don't need the SSN now, then save up the money for a bit and go next month, perhaps?

Edited January 27, 2013 by KDH

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

Yeah, I saw the option of mailing it but for some reason the office told me I had to come in in person.

As for it being cheaper to take the day off than not being able to work... I am self-employed, so I already work again. I didn't need an SSN to start my business in the US. So me and my husband taking the day off to go to the SSN is incredibly expensive. Especially considering that we only have to do it because someone at the DHS or SSA didn't do their job.

As for Darnell: I find it rude when someone in every single post just assumes that people don't do their research and essentially is condescending and patronizing all the time. Not only on this thread.

How many places do you guys know in the US were public transport is readily available over a distance of 60 miles? Not too many, I bet.

I guess I'll just have to suck it up and eat the loss. I was just hoping someone here had waited for the SSN longer than 3 weeks and it ended up getting in after all.

Quite a few places actually.

Suck it up and bike there or borrow your husband's car for the day (you could drop him off at work and pick him up). I don't know about your state, but foreign licenses are valid for up to a year in ours.

[Roosha 51]

As for Darnell: I find it rude when someone in every single post just assumes that people don't do their research and essentially is condescending and patronizing all the time. Not only on this thread.

We always assume that the person posting hasn't done their research b/c usually that's the case. It's a lot easier to make a post and wait for the answer to come to you than to go and pull up countless websites and read on your own. I'm not saying you did that, I'm saying a LOT of people do that.

Darnell is far from patronizing or condescending and what I don't understand is how people can come on here asking for answers and then get their panties all in a bunch when they don't like the answer or don't like the way the answer was given. You're asking a question, none of us get paid to help, a little appreciation goes a long way.

[cjjj 1]

Quite a few places actually.

Suck it up and bike there or borrow your husband's car for the day (you could drop him off at work and pick him up). I don't know about your state, but foreign licenses are valid for up to a year in ours.

Bike there? I used to bike everywhere in Europe but the only way I could bike to where the office is, is if I were suicidal. As for dropping off my husband at work... I would, except that he drives his car for work all day.

[cjjj 1]

We always assume that the person posting hasn't done their research b/c usually that's the case. It's a lot easier to make a post and wait for the answer to come to you than to go and pull up countless websites and read on your own. I'm not saying you did that, I'm saying a LOT of people do that.

Darnell is far from patronizing or condescending and what I don't understand is how people can come on here asking for answers and then get their panties all in a bunch when they don't like the answer or don't like the way the answer was given. You're asking a question, none of us get paid to help, a little appreciation goes a long way.

Oh believe me, I really appreciate people trying to help me and I take my time to help others who write me personal messages on here too. But Darnell always assumes the worst and is often really really rude in the way he responds. It could be that it's a language issue (if so, I apologize for saying you were rude, Darnell), but his posts on here just never come across as friendly and helpful. It often rather seems like he gets a kick out of "being smarter" than others on here.

[Boggy1974 124]

Bike there? I used to bike everywhere in Europe but the only way I could bike to where the office is, is if I were suicidal. As for dropping off my husband at work... I would, except that he drives his car for work all day.

None of the answers provided work for you...

Tried asking a neighbor(s)for a favor?

Car pool?

Posting on your cummunity website asking such help?

Family friend maybe?

Asking for a ride at your church? From a church member?

Searching public transport half of the way? And riding your bike rest of the way?

There's a lot of avenues if you really want to get this done. Very often, in America services will not come to you. You will have to put in time and effort to get what you want.

[Ms Hogan 295]

Whether Darnell (or anyone else for that matter) comes across as rude doesn't really matter. Unless they're saying something that breaks the TOS it doesn't really matter. Who cares if you like or don't like the tone or language of a message. Just take the information you're provided and do what you need to do. Use it or don't use it. But by putting your question out there means being open to all the potential responses.

There must be a way to find out whether or not the SSN is even in progress at all or if you're just screwed and must go to an office.

[cjjj 1]

Whether Darnell (or anyone else for that matter) comes across as rude doesn't really matter. Unless they're saying something that breaks the TOS it doesn't really matter. Who cares if you like or don't like the tone or language of a message. Just take the information you're provided and do what you need to do. Use it or don't use it. But by putting your question out there means being open to all the potential responses.

There must be a way to find out whether or not the SSN is even in progress at all or if you're just screwed and must go to an office.

I did call them last week. The general office said they couldn't tell me anything. I even had to have my husband call and put in his SSN because when using the number you are supposed to call if the card does not show up within 3 weeks you cannot get an operator unless you punch in an existing SSN. I ended up calling the local office and the lady there said she didn't know why the main office couldn't have looked it up but that she was going to. So she typed in my name and birth date and came up blank. She also said that no one at the SSA had ever heard of the DS-230 method.

So I guess someone messed up royally somewhere along the chain and didn't forward my information to the SSA. I wouldn't be nearly as upset if they didn't offer this service in the first place and claimed that you can get your number that way without having to go to an office. I received my greencard and welcome letter (actually two of the same welcome letters within 7 days... no idea why) so the main reason I posted here was not to get suggestions about how to get to the social security office (I will get there somehow although it will be a major hassle since I don't really know anyone around here yet) but to see whether anyone had waited longer than 3 weeks and had maybe received the SSN after a longer waiting period. After all I arrived right around Christmas and New Year's so I figured maybe some extra time would fix the problem. But it will be 6 weeks on Wednesday, so unless someone on here received their SSN after waiting 6 weeks or longer instead of within 3 weeks, I will just go to the office and hope to God they are nice to me there or else I might bite off some heads

[Darnell 8,478]

I was rude? OK ! Then I apologize, bow in the dust.

Want a SSN? Follow this, exactly , in the IR-1 / CR-1 section:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/405546-ssn-howto/page__view__findpost__p__5883074

All the phone calling you've done was a waste of time. Great exercise, though, as you've gotten exposed to the incompetency level of most government workers.

Your main problem, as I see it, is transportation to the office.

Your secondary problem (when you see it) is a successful SAVE db lookup at the SSA office.