Social Security Number How Long To Be Issued

[Lansbury 19]

Two weeks after arriving I called the social security help line to see if I had gone into the system yet. I completed form DS-230 part 2 at the Embassy and requested a SSN be issued. They had no record of my application, and if I understood correctly said that an application would not be processed until after the green card had been issued.

I was under the impression that once I landed the green card and SSN would be processed simultaneously.

How long did people wait for their SSN and do I need to follow this up and make a separate application. At the POE the officer told me to apply even though I had completed the DS-230, but when I asked him about that he seemed unaware of the DS-230 process.

[Marilyn. 340]

I would go to your local Social Security office and apply for one...

you can find your local office here Local Office Search

and fill out this form and bring it with you... Application For A Social Security Card

[Lansbury 19]

I would go to your local Social Security office and apply for one...

you can find your local office here Local Office Search

and fill out this form and bring it with you... Application For A Social Security Card

Thanks the office is local so I called in.

They could see my status in the US but confirmed that the SSN was not being processed, so that was all taken care of there and then. Hopefully will have it in about 2 weeks.

Lesson learned. Completing the DS-230 part 2 isn't foolproof and needs to be followed up.

[Flames9_RN 358]

yeppers, I too had it filled out, but still had to go in and reapply!!

[shirlJ831 0]

you will first get one that says right on it "for work purposes only" then once u become a permanent resident u go back (as I did today) with your form filled out to get a new card with those words taken off and it will be a reg. card

[Lunamel 0]

I received my social security card about a week and a half after arriving through LAX, after requesting it on the DS-230 part 2. Maybe I was just lucky, or perhaps it had something to do with the fact that I'd had a social security number in the past, when I was here on a student visa.

[Marilyn. 340]

you will first get one that says right on it "for work purposes only" then once u become a permanent resident u go back (as I did today) with your form filled out to get a new card with those words taken off and it will be a reg. card

the OP has their permanent resident status already as he/she entered with a DCF visa ....

[Ladylethal 12]

Took 9 days for me.