SSN - How long to receive?

[CarlosV 2]

After paying the $220 fee (after visa approval), how long to receive SSN and green card?

 

Are they mailed separately?

[appleblossom 3,612]

  On 3/6/2024 at 3:27 PM, CarlosV said:

After paying the $220 fee (after visa approval), how long to receive SSN and green card?

 

Are they mailed separately?

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The $220 fee has nothing to do with the SSN. Your SSN should be mailed to you within a couple of weeks of entering the US on the immigrant visa, assuming of course you selected that option on the DS-260. If not, then you'll need to go and get the SSN in person. 

 

The green card is usually mailed about a month after entry, but can take up to 90 days - you can track it using the receipt number from the GC fee.

[CarlosV 2]

  On 3/6/2024 at 3:31 PM, appleblossom said:

 

The $220 fee has nothing to do with the SSN. Your SSN should be mailed to you within a couple of weeks of entering the US on the immigrant visa, assuming of course you selected that option on the DS-260. If not, then you'll need to go and get the SSN in person. 

 

The green card is usually mailed about a month after entry, but can take up to 90 days - you can track it using the receipt number from the GC fee.

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We are planing to move in 2 months. I need to put a change of address with USCIS, correct? And post office.

[appleblossom 3,612]

  On 3/6/2024 at 5:29 PM, CarlosV said:

We are planing to move in 2 months. I need to put a change of address with USCIS, correct? And post office.

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You can just update your address with the immigration officer when you enter the US if it's changed, that's what we did - we'd put a hotel address on our DS-260 as we had no idea where we'd be living when we applied, then we updated it upon entry as by then we had a rental house to move to. Both came to our new address. 

 

Not sure what you mean by post office? You don't need to update anything with UPS.

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[CarlosV 2]

  On 3/6/2024 at 5:37 PM, appleblossom said:

 

You can just update your address with the immigration officer when you enter the US if it's changed, that's what we did - we'd put a hotel address on our DS-260 as we had no idea where we'd be living when we applied, then we updated it upon entry as by then we had a rental house to move to. Both came to our new address. 

 

Not sure what you mean by post office? You don't need to update anything with UPS.

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Post office - meaning change of address so mail gets forwarded. Want to ensure we receive the green card.

 

What does $220 fee pay for?

[appleblossom 3,612]

  On 3/6/2024 at 5:57 PM, CarlosV said:

Post office - meaning change of address so mail gets forwarded. Want to ensure we receive the green card.

 

What does $220 fee pay for?

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So you mean post office in your current/home country? Yes, you can do a change of address for forwarding with them, but that won't be relevant to your SSN or GC as neither will be delivered outside the US anyway. So for those you just need to give your new US address when you enter. I typed ours up on a piece of paper just to make sure it was correctly entered when I handed it to the border officer.

 

The fee is for the green card production and delivery. Assume you've already paid it? If not, then note the price goes up next month.

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[CarlosV 2]

  On 3/6/2024 at 6:10 PM, appleblossom said:

 

So you mean post office in your current/home country? Yes, you can do a change of address for forwarding with them, but that won't be relevant to your SSN or GC as neither will be delivered outside the US anyway. So for those you just need to give your new US address when you enter. I typed ours up on a piece of paper just to make sure it was correctly entered when I handed it to the border officer.

 

The fee is for the green card production and delivery. Assume you've already paid it? If not, then note the price goes up next month.

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Yes. US address. Checked yes for SSN. Paid fee before price increase.

[etrangais 954]

My wife's SSN card was received a week after POE

[Troy B 224]

My wife's POE was on a Saturday, and she received her SSN card 10 days later.

[InaneTripe 27]

My wife is amongst those who never received her SSN despite having checked the DS-260 entry. You'll find many others here in this situation. We had to visit the local SSA office and submit the SS-5 form with the relevant documentation. The card then arrrived 8 days after the office visit.

[Ryan H 3,849]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Progress Reports to Social Security Numbers forum.

[CarlosV 2]

Received daughter SSN. wife was given an ITIN. Will she receive a SSN card?