SS card

[sarah and hicham 3]

Hi,

When you come on a K-1 visa and you go to apply for a Social Security card do you need to have temp EAD? I assume you don't since no one really issues EAD at airports anymore. You just need to bring your passport, a second ID and fill out the form right?

Thanks!!

Sarah

[YuAndDan 153]

All you need to show is Passport, Birth Certificate, and a valid I-94 card with at least 2 weeks left before it expires. K-1 is considered to be "work authorized" With or Without the stamp.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...om&page=ssn

http://www.kamya.com/ssn/em00154.pdf

http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/ssa.cf...amp;p_topview=1

[sarah and hicham 3]

Thanks!

[bora bora 1]

After my fiance had been in the U.S. for a week he applied for his SSN. All he needed was his passport and the I-94 (which is stapled in there). It was fast and easy (check out our timeline).

[sarah and hicham 3]

After my fiance had been in the U.S. for a week he applied for his SSN. All he needed was his passport and the I-94 (which is stapled in there). It was fast and easy (check out our timeline).

My then fiance also applied within a few days of getting here. I was asking for a friend and I wasn't sure if it mattered or not that mine had temp EAD and my friends fiance won't. Thanks!

[tmma 467]

hey Sarah! How's it going?

All Mark took was his passport & birth certificate. He did not have the EAD stamp in his passport & he then received a SS card that had " Valid for Employment only with DHS Authorization" written opn it.

Now he has his GC he has applied for another SS card without the endorsement on it.

Technically ( according to the SSA) K-1 holders are allowed to work upon entry to the US; however K-1 holders lack the proof ( as required by the employers I-9 ) unless they have the temp EAD ( from the airport) or GC/EAD from DHS....

Hope that made sense!

Shele

Oh..... and PS..... I would recommend your friend getting the temp EAD at the airport if it is at all possible. I know work has to stop when it expires, but OMG 3.5 months at home nearly drove Mark nutso ( especially because he got a job offer [ pending auth] not long after he got here.