It has been a month already since my wife arrived to this country, and what a long month has been. Everything is going well for us and we are settling just fine into our new life. Wife has started a new job last week. Soon, she will start English classes. She knows a little but not enough to get a job a store or office. Hopefully the courses will help her gain confidence. Here in Miami, is easy to get by without English, but she knows she can get better opportunities if she learns the language.
She received her Resident Card today. I am amazed that only took a month for the card to arrive.
She also has her Social Security Card. We had to go to the local SSA office to apply because after calling SSA, they told us that the Department of Homeland Security is only processing the Social Security (via DS-230) at a 20% rate. The officer at the SSA (in New Jersey) ask us to go our local office and apply for the card.
My advice is that you wait two weeks or so, then call SSA and inquiry about your number. They will tell you if a number has been assigned to you. If you are not in the system, it means that the people at the POE did not send the SS card request or.... they are taking their time.
The Social Security Card arrived in three business days.
I'd like to point out that although the beneficiary is allowed to work with the visa stamp in the passport, most employers are not aware of this and they look twice at the visa stamp, some of them will ask for a social security number and/or a resident card, work permit.
In a staffing agency, the lady who was taking our application, had trouble understanding the visa stamp. I had to show her the line where it says clearly that the holder of the visa is authorized to work for 1 year. But then, the lady asked us for the SSN. And so on...
Thanks god we are all set. Social Security Number, Resident Card, and a State ID Card. Everything in one month.

-Justo.


01-28-06 - Wedding
I- 130
09-13-06 - Mailed I-130
09-18-06 - CSC received
09-25-06 - NOA1 mailed
09-28-06 - NOA1 received
12-13-06 - RFE received (Birth Certificate)
12-14-06 - Mailed RFE
12-21-06 - RFE received at CSC
12-27-06 - Petition approved!!!
12-28-06 - NOA2 mailed / E-mail notified
01-04-06 - NOA2 received
NVC
01-05-07 - Case Number Assigned
01-15-07 - DS-2032(Choice of Agent Generated)/AOS I-864 bill generated
01-17-07 - E-mailed Choice of Agent
01-20-07 - Mailed AOS I-864 payment
01-29-07 - AOS application and IV Bill generated
02-05-07 - AOS (I-864EZ) application sent
02-05-07 - IV Bill received
02-07-07 - IV Bill sent (Overnight)
02-07-07 - AOS (I-864EZ) received at NVC
02-08-07 - IV Bill received at the Saint Louis Center (12:32pm)
02-12-07 - IV Bill entered into NVC system
02-19-07 - DS-230 package generated
02-20-07 - DS-230 sent
02-23-07 - DS-230 received at NVC (8:17am)
02-26-07 - DS-230 package entered into NVC system
03-13-07 - CASE COMPLETE
03-21-07 - Case forwarded to Managua consulate
MANAGUA US CONSULATE
03-28-07 - Case received at Managua consulate
04-13-07 - Packet 3 picked up at Consulate
04-16--04-25 - Wife gathered birth certificates, police record,
and had medical exams
04-25-07 - Packet 3 sent to Consulate via fax
04-26-07 - Consulate notified wife of interview date via telephone
05-07-07 - Interview---Visa Approved!!!
05-10-07 - Wife picked up passport at Post Office. Visa on passport and ¨Brown Envelope¨ on hand.
USA
05-18-07 - Wife in the USA, POE: Miami, FL
06-04-07 - Welcome Letter
06-13-07 - Applied for Social Security Card at local SSA office
06-18-07 - Social Security Card arrived!!!
06-21-07 - Permanent Resident Card arrives!!!

Congratulations It sounds like things are going well for you.

Congratulations and good luck!

Congrats and thanks for the advice. We are waiting on hubbies green card and soc card. We will call if we don't receive it this week. On Thursday it will be a month.

Congratulations

Congratulations! I'm also on a CR-1 visa and my SSN/card arrived 2 weeks and my GC arrived 3 weeks upon my arrival here. Good luck on her new job.