Advise on SSN, drama.

[Rachel n Tyler 70]

Hi y'all!!

Okay, here's my situation.
I applied for my SSN 2 weeks after coming to the US. Nov 16th I think. 
I never got the card in the mail. I have my SSN, but not the card. We had an appointment to see what was going on, but we didn't bring all my stuff like birth certificate etc, so she couldn't do anything but give me my number. Ok, that's something right? 
(There was a lot of time between applying and this appointment because there was a 3!!! week wait for appointments and then I obviously made one on the day they closed for the death of president Carter....)
Now, my K1 expires jan 30th. 2 days. I called to see what they exactly needed to issue a new card.
She said because my I-94 expires within 15 days, they can not issue me anything until I can provide anything about my currrent status. I'm GUESSING that a receipt of filed 485 would be enough, but she couldn't give me a clear answer on that. 
I don't have my receipt yet, so I can't do anything yet. But this whole thing is just vague.. 

Does anyone know what exactly I need, or if I even can do anything until I get my I-765 approved?

I'm honestly clueless and feel defeated lol

[EatBulaga 360]

2 hours ago, Rachel n Tyler said:

Hi y'all!!

Okay, here's my situation.
I applied for my SSN 2 weeks after coming to the US. Nov 16th I think. 
I never got the card in the mail. I have my SSN, but not the card. We had an appointment to see what was going on, but we didn't bring all my stuff like birth certificate etc, so she couldn't do anything but give me my number. Ok, that's something right? 
(There was a lot of time between applying and this appointment because there was a 3!!! week wait for appointments and then I obviously made one on the day they closed for the death of president Carter....)
Now, my K1 expires jan 30th. 2 days. I called to see what they exactly needed to issue a new card.
She said because my I-94 expires within 15 days, they can not issue me anything until I can provide anything about my currrent status. I'm GUESSING that a receipt of filed 485 would be enough, but she couldn't give me a clear answer on that. 
I don't have my receipt yet, so I can't do anything yet. But this whole thing is just vague.. 

Does anyone know what exactly I need, or if I even can do anything until I get my I-765 approved?

I'm honestly clueless and feel defeated lol

If you have the Social Security Number and not the card, the number is really all you need to open bank account, get driver's license, fill in the I-485, etc. No one really asks to see the card. If there is no reason you need a card, I would wait till you get the green card and try again.

Edited yesterday at 01:07 AM by EatBulaga

[Rachel n Tyler 70]

14 minutes ago, EatBulaga said:

If you have the Social Security Number and not the card, the number is really all you need to open bank account, get driver's license, fill in the I-485, etc. No one really asks to see the card. If there is no reason you need a card, I would wait till you get the green card and try again.

Interesting! I googled and it said banks require the physical card

[EatBulaga 360]

6 minutes ago, Rachel n Tyler said:

Interesting! I googled and it said banks require the physical card

I guess different banks require different things?

I remember my wife took her SSC to the bank to open our joint account, and the bank teller just wanted her to type in the number and didn't really look at the card?

But the teller did take a look at her passport and I-94 and used them to type in something herself.

Edited yesterday at 01:29 AM by EatBulaga

[Rachel n Tyler 70]

Just now, EatBulaga said:

I guess different banks require different things?

I remember my wife took her SSC to the bank to open our joint account, and the teller just wanted her to type in the number and didn't really look at the card?

But the teller did take a look at her passport and I-94.

Hmm, I probably will have to wait until I get a receipt or NOA on my 485 since my I-94 expires in 2 days then. I’ll look into it, thank you!! 
 

[mam521 2,204]

Often, smaller credit unions are more forgiving than big banks when it comes to documentation.  Just something to keep in mind. 

[Rekyrts 62]

19 hours ago, Rachel n Tyler said:

Interesting! I googled and it said banks require the physical card

I have never had to show my physical card for any account opening (or, heck, even had to be physically present), but as another poster said, I guess different banks require different things.

[Volli 31]

I can confirm what other posters already said. Because my SSN card arrived late, I went to our local SSA and they were able to give me my SSN. I've got bank accounts, driver license etc. without a pysical card. They only wanted the number. I could even create my accunt at https://www.ssa.gov/myaccount/

The physical card arrived a couple of weeks later.

 

Edited 6 hours ago by Volli