Some unsolicited advice for K1-ers (merged)

[Rocio0010 5,579]

As an F1 student, you have a restricted social security card. 
When your green card comes in the mail, and if you get a conditional green card, do yourself a favor and immediately apply for an unrestricted one. 
In a little bit less than two years, you’ll be applying for ROC, which is currently talking anywhere from 1.5-3 years. If you need to change jobs in between, and your extension letter expires, if you don’t have an unrestricted SS card you most likely won’t be able to get a new job.  Both of you do have an unrestricted one, together with a valid DL, you’ll be fine as per the I-9. 
Planning ahead can save you a headache.

[Letspaintcookies 2,310]

Same for K1. Basically for everyone who got a SS card with that text. Update as soon as you can. 

That will also eliminate the problem some are facing with jobs not understanding the extension letter or stamps in your passport.

Edited September 17, 2022 by Letspaintcookies

[Rocio0010 5,579]

2 hours ago, Letspaintcookies said:

Same for K1. Basically for everyone who got a SS card with that text. Update as soon as you can. 

That will also eliminate the problem some are facing with jobs not understanding the extension letter or stamps in your passport.

Yeah I forgot to mention K1-ers!

[Rocio0010 5,579]

As a K1, you have a restricted social security card. 
When your green card comes in the mail, and if you get a conditional green card, do yourself a favor and immediately apply for an unrestricted one. 
In a little bit less than two years, you’ll be applying for ROC, which is currently talking anywhere from 1.5-3 years. If you need to change jobs in between, and your extension letter expires, if you don’t have an unrestricted SS card you most likely won’t be able to get a new job.  Both of you do have an unrestricted one, together with a valid DL, you’ll be fine as per the I-9. 
Planning ahead can save you a headache.

[powerpuff 6,697]

Great advice. Went to SSA office as soon as I got my conditional GC to avoid this exact headache in the future. 

[Ontarkie 14,218]

~~Moved to SSN, from K1/K3 P&P- as the Topic is about SSN~~

[Ontarkie 14,218]

~~Duplicate threads merged, a third with no comments was removed. Please do not start more than one thread for the same or related topic.~~

Edited September 19, 2022 by Ontarkie

[Fe.Ta 874]

So, for us, we got it at the SSA office BEFORE applying for AOS.  Do we need to go to the office now to change it with the GC before the GC expires?

Edited September 22, 2022 by Fe.Ta
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[powerpuff 6,697]

1 hour ago, Fe.Ta said:

So, for us, we got it at the SSA office BEFORE applying for AOS.  Do we need to go to the office now to change it with the GC before the GC expires?

It’s not a requirement. But @Rocio0010 already explained the pros of doing it

[Fe.Ta 874]

For those of you that were in the discussion of removing restrictions from the SSN:

 

In our case, he got the GC December 2020 (we are K1ers) right in the middle of COVID and the SSA wasn’t even opened.  They were doing appointments only in 2021, and I couldn’t assist him with the language (he understands and can read but it is not at the level of having a full conversation with a full-blown American) because they wouldn’t let me in.  So, we decided to wait. In 2022, they fully opened in the summer, but lines were crazy (people were lining up at 5am for an office that opens at 9am).  However, we knew we wanted to take care of this before the GC expires.

 

We did his on Monday (11/21) about 2.5 weeks from the expiration date without issues.  They didn’t even ask us for the extension letter.  We did the application online and gave the representative the application code, his passport, GC, driver’s license, and old SSN card.  He told us we would get the new card in 1-2 weeks.

 

In Florida, you have one suite for SSA Administration and one suite for SSN card-related things, make sure you go to the suite for the cards.