Green card & social security number

[Vani & Henry 14]

Hello everyone I would like to get some enlightening regarding social security card & green card. 

It's been a month since I arrived in USA. 

I know the green card process takes 120 days as from arrival. We paidthe fees in April. But what about the social security card coz normally its takes 2 weeks & I haven't received mine yet. I tried to call the office nearby they don't have any kind of record on my name. And I can't apply for new one as the office is closed to public. 

This morning I called uscis to enquire but the answer wasn't very clear. The person said I will get it after my green card which is not true coz my friend received hers after 2 of weeks arrival. So bit confused about this situation. I will need the ssc to apply for my DL and bank account also. 

Any idea what should I do or is it just because of the whole covid thing I should wait more longer 😔😔😔

Thank you for your help 

 

[Iscir 295]

how long have you been in the US? you should receive the ssn card within six weeks. if you don’t, then you need to call you local ssa office and see what you can do. if they told you they don’t have any record on your name then you probably need to apply for an ssn, but it depends on your local office what options they give you. they will ask you to give them a reason of why you need the ssn card. I didn’t receive my card automatically and had to apply for it here in the US, i had to tell them my reason for needing it and why it was important, then a supervisor authorized me to apply for the card. I received my ssn card a week later and i still don’t receive my green card. 

[Vani & Henry 14]

Hi thank you for the answer. I did apply for the ssc while filling the DS-260 form. 

My friend same situation as mine received in 2 weeks. It's been a month since am here. May be I should wait a little bit longer. The office nearby are not taking any new application as they are close to public until further notice. 

[Iscir 295]

41 minutes ago, Vani & Henry said:

Hi thank you for the answer. I did apply for the ssc while filling the DS-260 form. 

My friend same situation as mine received in 2 weeks. It's been a month since am here. May be I should wait a little bit longer. The office nearby are not taking any new application as they are close to public until further notice. 

i applied for it on the DS-260 too, but i didn’t receive my ssn card. when i called my local SSA office they said they didn’t have any record about me, and that sometimes immigration doesn’t send our information to them or something like that. I called after waiting 5 or 6 weeks since my arrival in the country. But if your local office is not taking any new applications then i’m not sure what else you can do other than wait 😕 or you could try calling another office but I don’t know if that would work. my local office was closed too but they let me apply after me insisting i needed it, i had to call a couple of times.  

[Vani & Henry 14]

Oh OK so I will do the same I will insist because I need my card to apply for my DL. Thank you for your reply guess we in the same situation. 

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Progress Reports to General Immigration-Related Discussion; topic pertains to issues post POE.