hello friends,
i have arrived in the US last week.an officer at the airport told me that they were going to mail my social security number to me.i havent received it yet.im wondering if you all guys received it via mail.i heard that i should apply for it at an office here.im confused ....plizzzz i need your help.how can i get my SCN.

thanks a lot
Anouar

Wait another week and then visit your local SSA office.

where did everyone get this "wait 2 weeks to apply for your ssn cuz you wont be in the system" idea? martin went a week after he arrived and had no problems getting his. is this one of those urban legends everyone just keeps passing around and around?

If you came on a K1, no one is sending you a SSN and the officer at the POE was mistaken. You have to apply for it at your local SSN office.

The wait two weeks advice is given to allow time for the information to be passed from the POE to the SSA and to be entered into their system. If it's not entered, you have to come back again.

Not an urban legend as many have tried and failed. It is all dependent when the information transfer and database update occurs. Since no one really knows when that happens that is why the two week wait is suggested. Obviously you were a fortunate one.

I arrived on 9 October 2007 at JFK airport and I filed for a SSN 6 days later (15 october) and I was in the system. Should have my SSC within 2 weeks!

I waited until Claudeth had been here about two weeks and then took her to the social security office.

http://www.ssa.gov/

It took about a week for her card to arrive in the mail.