K1, SSN Processing for 8 weeks, any advice?

[arae 81]

Hi. Like many others, we are struggling to get an SSN and it has now been 8 weeks. If we factor in holiday and all, maybe 7. But still - far longer than SSA estimated.

• Applied for SSN on December 23, 2020
  • Employee said to look out for a confirmation letter within 2-4 weeks and then the SSN should arrive shortly after
• Received confirmation letter sometime in early January.
  • Letter stated we applied on January 2, 2021 which was not true - but maybe that's when the documents were finally submitted to SSA from the local office
  • Letter said number would be issued within 4 weeks
• We have now called the local office and the general SSA number and no one has answers
• SAVE status says Case Returned to Maryland SSA (single sign-on) as of January 29, 2021
• Today is February 16, 2021 and we have no updates
• I-94 is valid until March 11, 2021

 

Does anyone have advice on what to do or where to go next? Further complicating this is tax season - I need to file taxes but cannot file jointly without an SSN and I've heard it takes quite awhile to obtain an ITIN.

[arae 81]

38 minutes ago, arae said:

Hi. Like many others, we are struggling to get an SSN and it has now been 8 weeks. If we factor in holiday and all, maybe 7. But still - far longer than SSA estimated.

• Applied for SSN on December 23, 2020
  • Employee said to look out for a confirmation letter within 2-4 weeks and then the SSN should arrive shortly after
• Received confirmation letter sometime in early January.
  • Letter stated we applied on January 2, 2021 which was not true - but maybe that's when the documents were finally submitted to SSA from the local office
  • Letter said number would be issued within 4 weeks
• We have now called the local office and the general SSA number and no one has answers
• SAVE status says Case Returned to Maryland SSA (single sign-on) as of January 29, 2021
• Today is February 16, 2021 and we have no updates
• I-94 is valid until March 11, 2021

 

Does anyone have advice on what to do or where to go next? Further complicating this is tax season - I need to file taxes but cannot file jointly without an SSN and I've heard it takes quite awhile to obtain an ITIN.

Go figure. As soon as I post this, we spoke to someone at the local office who said that the card is in the mail. I guess time will tell!