My wife received her IR1 visa back in June. She had until Dec 25 to go to USA to get the entry stamp and 'move'. We went together before that date. We visited for 10 days and are preparing to move officially because the local embassy in Hong Kong said that is fine if we need a bit more time before the actual move.
My questions are:
1) How long do we have to officially 'move' with the current visa she has? The border agent said 6 months. The local embassy said 1 year. I'm not sure what to believe.
2) She received a new social security card in the mail at the address we are moving to. Does this mean the green card process is starting and in the system or is that separate?
Thanks for the information in advance!