EAD and SSN question

[mollyandstephen 0]

How many days after we receive the EAD should we wait to go to the SSA office and apply for my husband's SSN? We have not received it yet but should soon. We are hoping that we will be able to get his SSN by the end of March. Just wondering how long it takes before we can apply for the SSN?

Thanks

Molly

[Kez/JWolf 6]

Once you have the EAD you can go that day.... I did and I had no problems getting my SSN it arrived in the mail about 10 days later....

Good luck

Kezzie

[Jasman0717 9]

Claudeth applied for her SSN two weeks after she arrived in the U.S. She didn't get the EAD for about 4 months later, after marriage!

[I'm Gone 60]

How many days after we receive the EAD should we wait to go to the SSA office and apply for my husband's SSN? We have not received it yet but should soon. We are hoping that we will be able to get his SSN by the end of March. Just wondering how long it takes before we can apply for the SSN?

He can go apply as soon as the EAD card has been received. How long it takes to be assgned an SSN depends on how long it takes to verify his work authorized status. If you are lucky and it can be done through SAVE while he is in the office and the office clears the application right away he should have his card within a couple weeks, but can go back to the office in a day or two to obtain the SSN if you don't want to wait for the card.

If his status can't be verified through SAVE and a Form G-845 needs to be sent to immigration for verification he could be waiting a month or more. More often than not when applying with an EAD card the G-845 will need to be sent.

If the SSA office does send the G-845, suggest that he go back to the SSA office no more that once week with his documents to (1) ask them to check SAVE again (2) ask if they sent a G-845 (3) if yes, did it come back (4) after 30 days ask if they have followed up on the G-845 by calling or sending another mark “second request.”

He can try calling the SSA Regional Office if he has waited at least 30 days and the local SSA office doesn't seem to be concerned about following up on the G-845

http://www.ssa.gov/otherssasites/

Refer them to:

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203740

RM 00203.740 Requesting Additional (Manual) Verification By DHS

Step 6

DHS should respond to SSA within 15 federal work days after receiving the Form G-845. If DHS does not respond within 15 federal work days from the receipt of the G-845 from SSA, follow-up with the DHS, USCIS Immigration Status office. (Allow 15 days plus five additional federal work days of mail time for the G-845 to be received at and returned from DHS. Follow local practice to follow-up with DHS.

Some SSA offices have an arrangement with the DHS, USCIS office to telephone for the follow-up contact; other SSA offices send a copy of the original G-845 annotated “second request.”) If the DHS response is still not received within 15 federal work days after the follow-up contact (if the follow-up is by mail allow five additional federal work days of mail time for the G-845 to be received at and returned from DHS), make a second follow-up contact. If the DHS response is not received within 15 federal workdays (again, if the follow-up is by mail, allow five additional federal work days of mail time for the G-845 to be received at and returned from DHS), after two follow-ups, contact the Regional Office (RO). Also report to the RO any trend that shows a serious deviation by DHS from the above time frames. The RO will consult with central office.