SSN request denied after 89 days - Help?

[StephAnn2012 50]

Well thanks to everyone at VJ, my wife and I and her son are together and living almost happily in Kentucky. On the 87th day of her K1 VISA, we went to Social Security office and requested a SSN for her and were denied because her I-94 was going to expire soon.

We made an appointment to go to the field office near us with USCIS and they told us that because the I-94 was expiring soon, that SSN could not be obtained without doing something.

I don't remember what that was supposed to be.

Has anyone else gone past the 90 days before applying for a SSN? Do we file AOS then apply for SSN or take a completely different approach.

Help???

[Avery Cates 1,141]

I believe you need to wait to do AOS now. You two should have got an SSN for her a couple of weeks after she arrived.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Yep, you missed the window. VJ mentions this in the SSN guide. You should apply for AOS and when she gets her EAD you can get a SSN,

[HK12 273]

You would have had to apply until two weeks before your I-94 expires. As others have said, you will now have to wait until she gets her EAD in the mail.

[H & P 0]

the problem is (like my case) SOcial Security requires an EAD for you to have an SSNumber. 90 days have passed (i94 alreadyexpired last month) and i still dont have my EAD so i cant apply for a SSN. this is a gray area on K1 visa. i hope USCIS gives you a right to apply for an SSN without EAD under k1 visa application.

[Darnell 8,478]

well, what prevented you (or any of you reading this)

from applying for a SSN, between day 14 and day 74 past the POE event?

[HK12 273]

well, what prevented you (or any of you reading this)

from applying for a SSN, between day 14 and day 74 past the POE event?

That's what I was wondering... It's no "gray area", the rules are pretty straightforward actually. You would have simply had to apply for an SSN until two weeks before the I-94 expired, and you would have received it. Now you'll have to wait until you get your EAD.

I applied for my SSN two weeks after entering the U.S. and didn't have any problems.

Edited November 13, 2013 by HK12

[Pitaya 2,577]

~Moved from Family-based AOS Progress to SSN sub-Forum~

~Inquiry about SSN~

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

the problem is (like my case) SOcial Security requires an EAD for you to have an SSNumber. 90 days have passed (i94 alreadyexpired last month) and i still dont have my EAD so i cant apply for a SSN. this is a gray area on K1 visa. i hope USCIS gives you a right to apply for an SSN without EAD under k1 visa application.

There is no gray area, it is black and white.

Black: Apply for SSN after arrival up to day 76. No EAD needed during this period.

If you wait until after day 76 (note: some HAVE applied around day 80 and gotten theirs, but it's probably rare):

White: Now you must wait until you have an EAD card in hand.

See? No grey at all.