SSN Issues

[Meryem467 35]

Hello, my husband is in the US on a K1 visa. We applied for a SSN on March 1st and the receipt notice says it could take up to 4 weeks which has already passed. I called the main SSN number and they did not have any information and just said that information is being verified by the Department of Homeland Security. They said I could call them but when I called they directed me to USCIS. Any idea what I should do to find out what's going on? 

 

My husband and I are trying to find a new apartment but all of the offices are requesting his SSN and will not let us apply without it. 

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Thread is moved from the MENA regional forum to the Social Security Numbers subforum, to be among similar threads.

[Paul & Mallory 1,398]

Go back to the SSA office. Calling over the phone rarely yields any information.

 

Similar happened to my husband. He got his conditional SSN card fine, but after we went back for him to get his permanent one (after getting the green card), he never received the new card after 4 weeks. Calling did nothing. When we went back up there, they said his file had never been processed by whoever had assisted us that day, so they had to resubmit everything.

 

As for being reviewed by DOHS - that's normal. I believe they all go through that, no matter what.

[RLA 323]

You might have better luck going to your SSA office.  

 

I had a similar problem.  My card had not arrived after six weeks.  When I went again that SSA officer told me to apply anew.  However, it seems he dove into their system while I filled out the application, because he then mentioned that somebody had forgotten to click a box or something to that effect, so that my application had gotten stuck in limbo.  He fixed that, and two weeks later I got my card in the mail. 

Edited April 2, 2019 by RLA

[Meryem467 35]

4 hours ago, RLA said:

You might have better luck going to your SSA office.  

 

I had a similar problem.  My card had not arrived after six weeks.  When I went again that SSA officer told me to apply anew.  However, it seems he dove into their system while I filled out the application, because he then mentioned that somebody had forgotten to click a box or something to that effect, so that my application had gotten stuck in limbo.  He fixed that, and two weeks later I got my card in the mail. 

Well... I went there today and waited for a couple of hours just to be told that they are verifying his info. and they can't give me any more information about it. Ugh! 

[EandH0904 1,184]

9 minutes ago, Meryem467 said:

Well... I went there today and waited for a couple of hours just to be told that they are verifying his info. and they can't give me any more information about it. Ugh! 

Did he go with you? If not maybe cause it's his info not yours?

[Meryem467 35]

7 minutes ago, EandH0904 said:

Did he go with you? If not maybe cause it's his info not yours?

He went with me... still nothing. The people at my local SSN office are just super not helpful.

[Nashvan 133]

Sorry to hear about your experience. I'm in the same situation; applied on March 8 and haven't received anything yet. At SSA the clerk said it would take 4-6 weeks since I applied so quickly after entering. Maybe pay them another visit after week 6 if it still hasn't arrived?

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

There r 3 SS offices in Memphis / since you ran into a rude person,  try one of the others

Honestly i ran into one of these people who didn't know how to even help me apply to replace a worn out card

https://www.socialsecurityoffices.info/city/tn-memphis

[Meryem467 35]

On 4/2/2019 at 10:39 PM, adil-rafa said:

There r 3 SS offices in Memphis / since you ran into a rude person,  try one of the others

Honestly i ran into one of these people who didn't know how to even help me apply to replace a worn out card

https://www.socialsecurityoffices.info/city/tn-memphis

Yes, I will try that. 

[Dolphin_33 12]

I am in the same situation

[JudeB77 29]

Likewise, I'm in the same situation. I already had a SSN from many years ago when I was here as a student, which means I'm only applying for a replacement card rather than a new card. I thought that would speed up the process - WRONG.

 

I applied on March 15, and was likewise told it would take up to four weeks. I called the office where I applied (Tupelo, MS) yesterday to ask for an update. All they could tell me was that my case was with DHS for processing and I should call back in a week's time for an update: "I don't really know what's going on, it doesn't usually take this long".

 

So I guess I just have to keep waiting - who knows how long for? I'm finding it particularly frustrating because without it I can't start learning to drive (I never learned back home in the UK) so I'm reliant on my husband to take me wherever I need to go.