Social Security Number is MIA

[Tara & Chris B 1]

Hi friends, 

 

My husband is a former K1 visa holder, and we actually just received his Green Card today!! (No interview was necessary! Such a great surprise. We live in NY for what it's worth. I know some states care more about interviews than others). 

 

Anyway!

My biggest question is with regards to his social security number...

We applied for one on the basis of his K1 visa status last year... and we never got it. 

We asked for it again when we submitted his Employment authorization document, which we sent in connection with his I-485 and the Advance Parole application... and we still haven't heard anything about the EAD or AP.. 

 

While we're very grateful to have the green card, I have to ask, what on earth is going on?  Why didn't we hear anything about the EAD before the Green Card was processed? And  do we go back to SSA with a new application?  Anyone have a similar experience?  Were you able to resolve it in any way? 

 

Thank you all!!

[Lil bear 4,201]

2 minutes ago, Tara & Chris B said:

Hi friends, 

 

My husband is a former K1 visa holder, and we actually just received his Green Card today!! (No interview was necessary! Such a great surprise. We live in NY for what it's worth. I know some states care more about interviews than others). 

 

Anyway!

My biggest question is with regards to his social security number...

We applied for one on the basis of his K1 visa status last year... and we never got it. 

We asked for it again when we submitted his Employment authorization document, which we sent in connection with his I-485 and the Advance Parole application... and we still haven't heard anything about the EAD or AP.. 

 

While we're very grateful to have the green card, I have to ask, what on earth is going on?  Why didn't we hear anything about the EAD before the Green Card was processed? And  do we go back to SSA with a new application?  Anyone have a similar experience?  Were you able to resolve it in any way? 

 

Thank you all!!

Take his GC, his passport and birth certificate to the SSA office and apply for a SSN. Sometimes the system works and sometimes it doesnt  

[powerpuff 6,697]

~~ Topic moved from K1 Forum to SSN sub forum ~~
 

If you had received your EAD, you maybe would have been received your SSN. But your Gc was processed earlier than EAD which is a very common experience. Your EAD is still “pending” so how could an SSN be issued (it can’t). As you may know EADs are taking 12 months on average right now and some local offices process I-485 in less than that.

 

He needs to go to an SSN office and apply for social security. It will be a new application since they don’t have a previous one because the EAD was not processed (which will be administratively closed once they get to it and see he has received his GC).