Adjustment of Status for my wife and her 14yr old son

[Mike&Lena 3]

Hello everyone,

Now that we are happily married at last, my wife and I tried to go to our social security office to apply for their cards, and now they say we need to file the AOS first!!!!! This is so confusing....even with having our certified copy of marriage. So I began to prepare the AOS filing the I-485 for her and her son, and want to verify the fees if anyone can help. I am seeing a total of 985 for hers, 635 for her sons', then 85 each for biometrics...is this correct? Total: $1875.00 OMG thats more than we imagined!!!!! We want to hurry and get this started, and would greatly appreciate any help or advice:)

Thank you all

Mike & Lena

[Hypnos 6,576]

A K-1 is entitled to a social security number whether or not they have gotten married or filed for adjustment provided that there are at least 14 days of validity left on their I-94. Your timeline indicates that this is the case, so the SSA employee was in error. You should go back and ask to speak to a supervisor / someone who knows what they are talking about. I do not believe this applies to a K-2, and they require either an EAD or a green card in order to obtain theirs.

The filing fees will be $1,070 for your wife and $1,070 for a minor child if they are 14 or over, or $635 if 13 or younger and you are filing the two AoS' together.

[agnesb 47]

They may have refused to get ssn in married name, which is different to the name on i-94 i.e at the moment you have no valid proof of legal stay in us in your married name therefore can't have ssn in married name. Try and get ssn in maiden name and then change it after receiving ead.

[Mike&Lena 3]

Thank you, but we used the same name on her passport. They simply try to say we must file AOS first which I know they are wrong, so we will try the other office nearby and if we run into an issue, I will ask for a supervisor!

They may have refused to get ssn in married name, which is different to the name on i-94 i.e at the moment you have no valid proof of legal stay in us in your married name therefore can't have ssn in married name. Try and get ssn in maiden name and then change it after receiving ead.

Thank you, I agree they were in error, and will try the other SS office nearby this week, and will talk to their supervisor if there is anymore issues.

A K-1 is entitled to a social security number whether or not they have gotten married or filed for adjustment provided that there are at least 14 days of validity left on their I-94. Your timeline indicates that this is the case, so the SSA employee was in error. You should go back and ask to speak to a supervisor / someone who knows what they are talking about. I do not believe this applies to a K-2, and they require either an EAD or a green card in order to obtain theirs.

The filing fees will be $1,070 for your wife and $1,070 for a minor child if they are 14 or over, or $635 if 13 or younger and you are filing the two AoS' together.

[Darnell 8,478]

it's quite possible you filed after 'the window' closed.

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

and don't forget to bring the I-94 with you.

The child cannot obtain SSN, fwiw, till he has EAD or GreenCard in hand.

Edited November 6, 2013 by Darnell

[Hypnos 6,576]

The OP PoE'd on September 8th from their timeline, so they have roughly a month left on their I-94.