SSN refused

[selfie 0]

some days ago I went to get my SSN, I am on a K1 Visa and the lady said I can't have a SSN without a good reason. I have shown all the documents that says I don't need a work permit to have a SSN issued, but she said she won't do it and to come back only when I get my Work Permit or when I get my status updated. Lets just say I am upset, it will just add more delay after I get my work permit.

[AnnaRoss 0]

some days ago I went to get my SSN, I am on a K1 Visa and the lady said I can't have a SSN without a good reason. I have shown all the documents that says I don't need a work permit to have a SSN issued, but she said she won't do it and to come back only when I get my Work Permit or when I get my status updated. Lets just say I am upset, it will just add more delay after I get my work permit.

the lady at the ssn office is wrong, we got a number for my wife before we were married. it is printed on the card for work only with dhs athorization even though she does not have a work permit. we needed this to open a bank account in her name so we can get her a state id card and she can stop carrying her passport as id. i think you should go back and try again

[pnd629 0]

I agree with the poster above--the woman was wrong. She should know her job!

When you go back, bring a print out from the Social Security website--all the eligibilty requirements are printed there. That should prove to her that you are eligible for a SSN and that you don't really need a reason to apply for a SSN.

[ssalburo 0]

i probably think that you are eligible for a SSN since you enter on a K1, the guy from the SSA told us we need to have a EAD before i can get the SSN ince i entered on a K3 visa, but if i entered on K1, it wouldn't be needed.

[married to a montrealer 0]

We definitely got one while my husband was on his K1 - also in Maryland - we went to the office in Columbia - if you aren't too far from there, you should try that office instead...

[selfie 0]

she told me basically that it was only for food stamps and stuff like that, if I don't need the gov help I don't need that. I gave her the document of eligibility requirement and even with that she refused. I don't know if it's a problem but we were already married when I went there.

oh I forgot, Montreal wrote with a pen on my I-94 " Sep. X9, 2006 Employment Not Auth"

She said she did not liked that line, that just prooves I don't need SSN

[Peter Miami 0]

My fiancée at the time got her SSN fourteen days after she arrived to the U.S. and she did not have an EAD. We are now married and we are going next week to change her last name. So, believe me speak with someone else at that office.

Good luck,

Peter Miami

[j3dnight 0]

we got one but she did say at first no, he wasn't in the computer , we said u better check again, because your office said we were in the computer, she checked the 2nd time, and we were there and he did get it, i would speak to a manager there,

[I'm Gone 60]

some days ago I went to get my SSN, I am on a K1 Visa and the lady said I can't have a SSN without a good reason. I have shown all the documents that says I don't need a work permit to have a SSN issued, but she said she won't do it and to come back only when I get my Work Permit or when I get my status updated. Lets just say I am upset, it will just add more delay after I get my work permit.

Which SSA office did the geniuses tell you this?

[Mrs.J06 4]

Some SSA offices don't seem to know who is eligible for a SSN and who's not. Maybe you need to print out this:

https://s044a90.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203500

and hold it under this person's nose?

[*Robert* 2]

That's just wrong! We applied for ours yesterday with no problem at all.

[selfie 0]

I did printed this document, and shown to her, but it wasnt good enough for her

[Fetaria 0]

We were told the same thing as you at the Albuquerque NM office. We were told that if I would of applied for the SSN before we were married with my K1 it would of been no problem but being that we were married I was to wait until I had proof of a green card. I had no EAD at the time either.

[CWR 0]

A friend of mine in California entered on a K-1 visa, got married 2 days later and then also tried to apply for her SSN, and was refused. She was told that she would have been eligible for a SSN due to the K-1 visa only BEFORE the marriage, and that she'd now have to wait until she received her EAD. With the EAD, they'd give her the SSN.

Apparently there is also a question of how long the K-1 is still valid at the time when you apply for the SSN. If it is expiring in a month or less, they might refuse you as well at the SSA office, even if you aren't married yet. So apparently the best thing is, if you come in on a K-1 visa, to wait for about 14 days (to make sure your name is in the system), then apply for a SSN, and THEN get married

[I'm Gone 60]

A friend of mine in California entered on a K-1 visa, got married 2 days later and then also tried to apply for her SSN, and was refused. She was told that she would have been eligible for a SSN due to the K-1 visa only BEFORE the marriage, and that she'd now have to wait until she received her EAD. With the EAD, they'd give her the SSN.

Apparently there is also a question of how long the K-1 is still valid at the time when you apply for the SSN. If it is expiring in a month or less, they might refuse you as well at the SSA office, even if you aren't married yet.

There is no question of SSA policy in issuing an SSN to an individual with K-1 status before or after getting married as long as the I-94 has not expired or is within 14 days of expiring.

If anyone tells you different they are wrong.