US Immigration from Israel

USCIS Expands Partnership with Social Security Administration

Release Date

08/09/2021

WASHINGTON USCIS announced today that applicants filing for lawful permanent resident status are now able to apply for a Social Security number (SSN) or replacement card as part of the adjustment of status application process. Previously, these individuals had to apply for a Social Security number at a Social Security office. USCIS is revising Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, to include the additional questions needed to apply for an SSN or a replacement card.

This expansion of our partnership with the Social Security Administration illustrates our commitment to operating our nation s immigration system more efficiently to save applicants time, said USCIS Director Ur M. Jaddou. Eliminating unnecessary bureaucracy and optimizing collaboration across public-serving agencies is a key priority for this agency and the Biden-Harris administration.

After approving Form I-485,in most cases USCIS will electronically transmit the data to the Social Security Administration. Upon receiving the data, the Social Security Administration will automatically assign an original SSN or issue a replacement card, as appropriate. This partnership with the Social Security Administration will not increase the filing fee for Form I-485.

This change to Form I-485 is effective immediately, and applicants can begin filing with the updated form today. USCIS receives about 576,000 Forms I-485 annually.

My daughter s case (IR2) has been documentarily qualified Sept. 2020 . We have been waiting for her Interview Date up to this day . We once sent an email at NVC to ask why it s taking this long for her interview date to come out and the answer was they will let us know when the embassy has open slot for her! By the way , her embassy is Manila. Is there anybody here who had this problem before ? What did you do ? To expedite is not an option for us since we have no reason to resort to this route. Any suggestion on how can we make her case move to the embassy from NVC? Her case has already been outside the normal process. It s now 10 months since DQ.

Hey guys! My sponsor filled my I-129 at Vermont May 17, this is for my O-1 renewal (this is gonna be the third yearly renewal in a row).

The status still on Case Was Received. Their processing timeline for O petitions is 1-3 months, last year it was the same and it was approved in less than a month (probably due to COVID).

Anybody else experiencing delays in I-129 processing? I consider asking my sponsor to upgrade to premium but he doesn t know yet that they up the price to $2,500 so I m not sure if he s gonna be down for it.

Thoughts and stories are very welcomed.

So my relationship with my husband didn't work and we got a divorce, I received my GC about a year and a a half ago, it's been a few months since the divorce was finalized and now he has a new girlfriend that lives in Colombia, they met online.

He want's to marry her and bring her here, the girl is obviously trying to use him to get a green card but he can't see it, she has no internet or running water in her house, she lives in some poor rural area, has no job, and basically no life there.

He is saying he will be telling that he met her while we were still married and that I used him to get a GC, this is obviously not true, but he want's to throw me under the bus to get what he wants.

Can this hurt me? I have a 10 year GC.

What happens if they suspect that their marriage is fake, will this come haunting me?

When should I consider filing WOM?

I'm still within normal processing times for Miami FL: 13-33 months. It has been 21 months since filing the AOS and I haven't received an interview date yet. Should I wait to be outside normal processing times before filing WOM?

Timeline:

I-485 filing date: 10/8/2019

Biometrics: 10/31/2019

RFE for AOS: 11/4/2019

Response to RFE: 12/13/2019