SS card & Green Card

[hoopy507 4]

My wife came to the states Jan 31 2011 and now 3 weeks and no welcome letter or SS Card or Green card,,,she came through Chicago and on a IR1 visa,,,just was wondering how long this will take or what are some methods of speeding this up...she wants to get to work and earn a living and just finish up the final process of being here,,,anyone with info for us would be greatly welcomed...and to those still in the machine keep the faith,,,it is worth all the hassle to be with the one you love,,,Hoopy

[payxibka 10,044]

I thing greencard processing is backed up... it took 2 mos. to get my son's replacement card after biometrics when it should have been only two weeks

[Wayne and Claudia 40]

My wife came to the states Jan 31 2011 and now 3 weeks and no welcome letter or SS Card or Green card,,,she came through Chicago and on a IR1 visa,,,just was wondering how long this will take or what are some methods of speeding this up...she wants to get to work and earn a living and just finish up the final process of being here,,,anyone with info for us would be greatly welcomed...and to those still in the machine keep the faith,,,it is worth all the hassle to be with the one you love,,,Hoopy

My wife entered the last week of 2010 and it took her almost 5 weeks for her green card. Since it has been 3 weeks since POE your wife can go to the SS office and apply for her card. If it's as in my wife's case, she was told her number would be available within 3 days and her card would arrive within 2 weeks. The card only took a week and was in the mail. Good luck.

[Darnell 8,478]

ya, I've written much about this before, you can find it with the advanced search feature -

search term = 'SSA'

Member Name = 'Darnell'

tick on 'show as posts'

then get yer read on

Good Luck !

[RichiJenny 14]

My greencard came today and its taken pretty much a month to arrive from the poe.

[hoopy507 4]

My greencard came today and its taken pretty much a month to arrive from the poe.

Ya know...i love your answer..thank you for just giving me the advice,,,,so many try to make this a pain,..thanks man,...we'll sit back and wait and enjoy our moments together,,,to all the others in the machine,.,keep the faith!

[RichiJenny 14]

You're most welcome. Off the top of my head I think I arrived on Jan 18. So am roughly 2 weeks ahead of you.

Bizarrely I had 2 i797c's and 2 welcome letters (they look pretty much the same as the noa1 and noa2's) over 2 days. They came from texas. You can use them to track your greencard on the uscis website. Mine said it was ordered on Feb 15 and it came today - priority mail. So yes, Id say yours should come in the next couple of weeks all being well. Good luck!

[Darnell 8,478]

in the machine? hoopy, yer a hoot !

in the meantime - feed the machine, use the advanced search feature as I've described..

errrr.

or not.

yer choice.

If you keep b|tching about it, I'll know you've not only NOT read my posts, and NOT found them in advanced search,

but

you've decided to NOT act on what you've read, when reading results in advanced search mode.

That sucks, much.

If you habitually utilize ywr cell phone to view VJ stuff, I'll suggest to you to find a PC, even at yer local library,

as

yer missing out, much,

with no results from 'advanced search' available to you, on that cell phone.

Be Good!

[rob11715 6]

From this thread: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/277095-cr1-in-us-how-long-to-receive-social-security-card-and-green-card/

kandl133 wrote:

"The SSA clerk warned us about applying for a SSN "too soon" in fear that she may end up receiving 2 SSN. One through the DS230 (WHICH AGAIN THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS OPTION) and another through the application. He seemed to think this disastrous situation was not worth the risk."

What would be so "disastrous" about receiving 2 SSN #s?

My wife should be here (if all goes well with her interview) at the end of March. I want to file my taxes and so, would like her to get an SS# ASAP. I think the quickest way would be to go apply at an SS office rather than waiting on getting it from checking the box on the DS-230 (unreliable from what I have read in the about thread and others).

[hoopy507 4]

Ok folks...my wifes Green Card came last week and now just waiting on the SS card,,,does anyone know how we can check on that and who we need to call..she wants to look for work and online you need the number to send apps in...so if any advice is out there it will be much welcomed...have a great day ya'll.....hoopy507 in Ohio U.S.A.....to those still in the wheels of "the Machine"...keep the faith!!

[OBX 51]

Ok folks...my wifes Green Card came last week and now just waiting on the SS card,,,does anyone know how we can check on that and who we need to call..she wants to look for work and online you need the number to send apps in...so if any advice is out there it will be much welcomed...have a great day ya'll.....hoopy507 in Ohio U.S.A.....to those still in the wheels of "the Machine"...keep the faith!!

She can go to her local social security office and apply in person. I applied three weeks after my POE and had my card in 6 days.

[Darnell 8,478]

Ok folks...my wifes Green Card came last week and now just waiting on the SS card,,,does anyone know how we can check on that and who we need to call..she wants to look for work and online you need the number to send apps in...so if any advice is out there it will be much welcomed...have a great day ya'll.....hoopy507 in Ohio U.S.A.....to those still in the wheels of "the Machine"...keep the faith!!

still no advanced search usage? OK !

[Sayha or bust. 71]

I gave up trying to get my now wifes ssi card , denied 5 times, had proper documents will apply for ead when we file for AOS.