US Immigration from Costa Rica

Hello Everyone,

It has been 4 weeks since my husband arrived in the US and we haven't received his SSN so I called the local office and wanted to share my findings with you all and see if other people have had the same issues.

First off a little timeline:

-We requested that a social security number be created on the DS-260 form when filing for his CR-1, that paperwork was submitted to the online filing system October 23rd.

-Visa approved December 16th.

-Arrived January 16th to USA

First call to local office:

Not in the system. Woman said that we needed to wait 2 months upon entry into the states to see if the number would appear in the system. Suggested not to restart the process for fear of duplicate number being assigned to my husband .

Second Call:

Still not in the system. Looked with Alien Registration number this time. Was told that if the paperwork was filed in October of 2020, it has been too long for it not to have been submitted to their office so he does not and will not have a social security number assigned to him. We were put on the wait list for emergency in-person services and told we need to restart the entire process which could take 3-4 weeks.

Has anyone had the same issue? Do you have any tips or ideas for us? I will continue to update with findings incase this can help anyone else!

Hey Everyone,

Little bit of background: My husband's CR-1 visa was approved December 16th, 2020, paid the immigration fee December 23, arrived in the US January 16th. When we submitted the DS-260, we selected the create a social security number option and were told by our lawyer that we should receive the SSN within 1-3 weeks of arriving in the USA. Since we hadn't received it yet (and our lawyer has often told us the wrong information) I called the Social Security office on Friday and the person said that there was no evidence that he was even in the system yet. She said that he would need to wait 2-3 months due to COVID to begin the process of applying from the beginning because they don't want there to be a duplicate number. This is the part that we are both confused/frustrated by, with the CR-1 visa and the stamp, technically he is eligible to work in the US but how can he work if he doesn't have a SSN yet for payroll? Has anyone successfully been able to secure employment without a SSN to provide right away?

Any advice on SSN problems, possibilities to work w/o having the actual SSN yet or pretty much anything would be amazing!

It's been over a month since my interview and I'm getting worried since I haven't heard anything since then...

Is this normal?

If I should inquire, does anyone know the best way I can go about that?

Thanks!

I had my AOS interview (came as a K-1) on the 29th of December and have not heard anything yet, status is still "Interview was completed and my case must be reviewed"

My EAD expires on Feb 5th and I'm hoping it's not too late for me to refile if push comes to shove...

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Some updates?