After arrival in the U.S

[Ailema 0]

I'm at a loss as to what order I'm supposed to do things in. Do I need to wait for my green card and social security number to arrive in the mail before I can apply for a bank account/driver's licence/job? Or is the visa in my passport sufficient?

I also read that I require my I-94 form to later apply for my AOS, but I don't have one. Seems I also need it to apply for work authorization.. or do I not need to apply for that after I get my greencard ?

If anyone can shed some light on the situation, it'd be much appreciated!

[Kez/JWolf 6]

Did you arrive on a CR1 visa or a K3??? because your timeline says K3 but your Post says IR1/CR1 and it is a very diffrent path for each.....

Kez

[Ailema 0]

CR1 sorry, we applied for both but the CR1 came through .. I'm gonna update that now

[pushbrk 12,906]

I'm at a loss as to what order I'm supposed to do things in. Do I need to wait for my green card and social security number to arrive in the mail before I can apply for a bank account/driver's licence/job? Or is the visa in my passport sufficient?

I also read that I require my I-94 form to later apply for my AOS, but I don't have one. Seems I also need it to apply for work authorization.. or do I not need to apply for that after I get my greencard ?

If anyone can shed some light on the situation, it'd be much appreciated!

I suggest you read the guides for CR1. You already have permanent resident status and work authorization and can obtain a SSN as soon as the green card arrives. You questions confuse CR1 and K3 issues.

[Kez/JWolf 6]

AS a CR1 you are already a LPR and are authorized to work.... you should get your Greencard in the mail with a few weeks.... as for your SSN if you have not got it in the mail with 3weeks I would go to the SSA office and request one....

Kez

[Ailema 0]

Ahhh ok, thankyou very much for all the replies ! -updated timeline but for some reason it still says filed for K-3 under my name

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[DanKearney 0]

Just an FYI. My wife arrived at SFO on 14 May 2007. I had remembered that one of the forms we submitted during the CR1 process (I think it was the I-864 or the DS-230 Part I) asked if we wanted the USCIS to initiate a SSN for my wife. We answered yes to that. However, one of the informational form letters she rec'd at SFO said that she should apply at the local SS office for a number.

So, we went to the SS office just a few days after she arrived and applied for her SSN in person. I made sure to ask about what I stated in the paragraph above because I was afraid that two SSN requests might raise some red flag. The person at the SS office said no problem and mentioned that her computer showed nothing had yet been initiated. We rec'd the card in the mail today (4 June).

BTW, we also discovered that we were able to open a checking and money market account a few days after she arrived based upon her passport and her CR1 visa in it. However, we later learned that without an SSN or Taxpayer I.D. number that the bank is not "allowed" to pay interest on any bank balances. The bank made it seem like this was a gov't rule, not a bank policy.

Dan K.

Black Hawk, CO

[Ailema 0]

Cool, thanks for that bit of info, probably gonna try get to SS office tomorrow just to make sure things are moving along. Still early yet - only been here 5 days so far so got awhile to go before I'm likely to get stuff in the mail :'(

Really itching to get out and do something