Timeline to obtain SSN with paper I-94 land crossing

[SugarPlumFairy 3]

Hi Everyone,

There's a few posts on Visajourney before 2013 on how soon someone can apply for an SSN with a paper I-94, but I'm wondering if anyone has done the process recently? I will be crossing at the Peace Arch border via land crossing this weekend and, since there's electronic automation for air/sea I-94's now, wondering if my paper copy will take quicker than two weeks to be updated in the SAVE system so I can apply for my SSN.

From what I've read, the CBP should staple a paper I-94 into my passport with a date. Is this the paper form that I should be bringing to the SSA office? My future mother-in-law called an SSA office nearby and they stated that I could just bring that in right after crossing the border, but I think they are confused because I'm pretty sure it's the electronic copies (from air/sea crossings) that get put into the computer quicker, and most SSA offices require a printout of that?

Any advice from people who have attempted it/done it/inquired about it recently would be helpful.

Thanks

[Scienceteacher15 48]

Went and got my husbands SSN within less than 2 weeks of arrival because it was needed for so many things. Even asked for the number when we got our marriage license. We had no problems getting it. We did take passport, birth certificate, and printed our own I94. No paper was stapled into my husbands passport.

[SugarPlumFairy 3]

Went and got my husbands SSN within less than 2 weeks of arrival because it was needed for so many things. Even asked for the number when we got our marriage license. We had no problems getting it. We did take passport, birth certificate, and printed our own I94. No paper was stapled into my husbands passport.

Ok, did you cross via land crossing? I thought that you couldn't print out records of land crossings on the I-94 website. At least when I looked up my previous crossings, only my airport crossings were in the system.

[Scienceteacher15 48]

Ok I did not read correctly the first time about land crossing. My husband crossed via air.

[PickleChips 56]

I entered via land at the Aldergrove crossing (can't remember the name) and I got a paper I94 in my passport. I applied for my SSN before the 2 weeks and my information was in the system. Received the SSN in a couple of days, no problems. That was last May/June.

Edited July 25, 2016 by Katmedic

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[SugarPlumFairy 3]

I entered via land at the Aldergrove crossing (can't remember the name) and I got a paper I94 in my passport. I applied for my SSN before the 2 weeks and my information was in the system. Received the SSN in a couple of days, no problems. That was last May/June.

Great thanks. Do you remember if it was only a couple days after you entered, or about a week? Also, was it just the paper I-94 that was in your passport that was fine?

[p-ana 933]

I got a paper i94 and entered by air. The number listed on the paper was the same number listed online.

I'd suggest you check online first, if your i94 is in the system, you print it and take it to the ss office.

Good luck

[SugarPlumFairy 3]

I got a paper i94 and entered by air. The number listed on the paper was the same number listed online.

I'd suggest you check online first, if your i94 is in the system, you print it and take it to the ss office.

Good luck

Hi,

My I-94 from previous non-land visits is in the system; however, it looks like land crossings are not recorded on this electronic I-94 online, so wondering if the one stapled in my passport is enough.

Thanks

[PickleChips 56]

It was about a week or so later for me. I can't remember exactly, sorry! I took the paper copy in, I've never even been online to check if I have an electronic copy.

[SugarPlumFairy 3]

Thanks everyone,

I checked the I-94 website last night and was relieved to see that my I-94 was recorded electronically also, despite the land crossing. I crossed last Saturday (July 30th) and today (August 3rd) I went to the local SSN office.

I brought:

-my passport that includes my visa and paper I-94

-a printout of my travel history (when logging into I-94 website)

-my latest I-94 printed from the website

-my I-797 page

-the SS-5 SSN application page (filled out ahead of time)

-that RM 10222.420 printout of the website to inform people at the SSN office if they are unsure about how to process a K-1

I took a number and sat down. The sign there said there was about a 45 minute wait but we got in within 30 minutes to the booth.

I told the gentleman that I just arrived from my country on a K-1 Visa, and that I'm just looking to see if my name is in the SAVE database for my first SSN number.

He did a whole bunch of typing. He didn't really ask any questions, only a few to verify the information that I had filled out on the SS-5 page. I mentioned that I didn't want to manually verify it, but just wanted to check for my name. I don't think he really gave me a for sure answer on what he was doing. I don't remember him even looking at the paper I-94 inside my passport because I had a printout of the I-94 from the website.

At the end, he printed out a page that gave me a receipt of my application and said that I should receive the card within two weeks unless something happens in the verification process, then it may be closer to 6 weeks.

So that was that. I will check in in another week to see if it went through!

Edited August 3, 2016 by Halls4you