SSN after AOS complete?

[kaleya 70]

I’m sorry if this is the wrong place to put this.

 

My now-husband came to the US on a K1 visa last June, and we submitted an application for an SSN along with the I-94 soon after. It’s been a long time since all this happened, so I’m not quite sure about the details, but basically the local SS office said they had to send it for manual verification, I believe. This took weeks, I think even a couple of months. By the time they did this, they said the I-94 had expired (but it hadn’t expired by the time we submitted the actual application!). Because the I-94 was now expired, they told us there’s nothing they can do and that he cannot receive an SSN until after adjustment of status is completed. We (apparently stupidly) didn’t apply for an EAD as I’d thought I’d read that it’s a moot point and that by the time it comes there’s not much time to use it before it expires. So now my husband has not had a SSN all this time, and it has caused a lot of frustration with insurance and taxes, etc. Has anyone else been in this situation before? I’m not sure what, if anything, we can do now except wait for his AOS to be completed. After that it will be easy to apply for an SSN, right?

[Mike E 11,732]

8 minutes ago, kaleya said:

I’m sorry if this is the wrong place to put this.

 

My now-husband came to the US on a K1 visa last June, and we submitted an application for an SSN along with the I-94 soon after. It’s been a long time since all this happened, so I’m not quite sure about the details, but basically the local SS office said they had to send it for manual verification, I believe. This took weeks, I think even a couple of months. By the time they did this, they said the I-94 had expired (but it hadn’t expired by the time we submitted the actual application!). Because the I-94 was now expired, they told us there’s nothing they can do and that he cannot receive an SSN until after adjustment of status is completed. We (apparently stupidly) didn’t apply for an EAD as I’d thought I’d read that it’s a moot point and that by the time it comes there’s not much time to use it before it expires. So now my husband has not had a SSN all this time, and it has caused a lot of frustration with insurance and taxes, etc. Has anyone else been in this situation before? I’m not sure what, if anything, we can do now except wait for his AOS to be completed. After that it will be easy to apply for an SSN, right?

You should have asked for an SSN as part of the AOS. If not, yes, it will be easy once he has an I-551.

[USS_Voyager 1,972]

16 minutes ago, kaleya said:

After that it will be easy to apply for an SSN, right?

Correct, after the AOS is approved and he has the GC in hand, everything is easy. 

[kaleya 70]

I think I remember that being part of the AOS packet, that’s right. Thanks for your responses above.

 

I just saw that we could still technically apply for an EAD under c9 status due to having a pending AOS, but I wonder if that would be worth it? His AOS update has been, “ready for interview to be scheduled” since the first week of March, and our local field office is pretty small. We’re just not sure how much longer this might take. 

Edited May 15, 2019 by kaleya

[junkmart 320]

12 minutes ago, kaleya said:

I’m sorry if this is the wrong place to put this.

 

My now-husband came to the US on a K1 visa last June, and we submitted an application for an SSN along with the I-94 soon after. It’s been a long time since all this happened, so I’m not quite sure about the details, but basically the local SS office said they had to send it for manual verification, I believe. This took weeks, I think even a couple of months. By the time they did this, they said the I-94 had expired (but it hadn’t expired by the time we submitted the actual application!). Because the I-94 was now expired, they told us there’s nothing they can do and that he cannot receive an SSN until after adjustment of status is completed. We (apparently stupidly) didn’t apply for an EAD as I’d thought I’d read that it’s a moot point and that by the time it comes there’s not much time to use it before it expires. So now my husband has not had a SSN all this time, and it has caused a lot of frustration with insurance and taxes, etc. Has anyone else been in this situation before? I’m not sure what, if anything, we can do now except wait for his AOS to be completed. After that it will be easy to apply for an SSN, right?

You could also get a SSN with your EAD. EAD would have been valid for 1 year from the date issued. EAD is usually issued 5-7 months after applying, and AOS can take a year or more, so you would have been able to work for a  while waiting for AOS, unless you are one of the lucky few who get AOS before EAD. You can file taxes without a SSN by applying for an ITIN.

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,082]

Also, Greer, South Carolina is a fairly fast field office (at least going by the small number of VJ data points there), so I wouldn't be surprised if you got your interview appointment soon.

[Crazy Cat 41,192]

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