Greencard and Social Security Card

[Bruce_Davao 0]

My wife passed her interview and now waiting for her passport to be returned with her visa. IS there anything else needed to be done for her to receive her Green Card and SS card?

[~happyndinlove~ 540]

My wife passed her interview and now waiting for her passport to be returned with her visa. IS there anything else needed to be done for her to receive her Green Card and SS card?

Congratulations!!!

None!

Your wife won't receive her GC (that's after the AOS is filed and approved) and SS card until she gets here in the US.

Edited May 6, 2011 by ~happyndinlove~

[analou scott 8]

when she gets here you can apply for the SS no. but you have to do it before the I-94 expires. she dont need it because she cant work, but its good to have if you want to add her name to bills, bank statements, ins., etc. after you get married, you will have to get a new one in her married name.

[~happyndinlove~ 540]

My wife passed her interview and now waiting for her passport to be returned with her visa. IS there anything else needed to be done for her to receive her Green Card and SS card?

when she gets here you can apply for the SS no. but you have to do it before the I-94 expires. she dont need it because she cant work, but its good to have if you want to add her name to bills, bank statements, ins., etc. after you get married, you will have to get a new one in her married name.

They are already married. Reread the OP's post above.

Edited May 7, 2011 by ~happyndinlove~

[020871 2]

They are already married. Reread the OP's post above.

coorect...just asking...what's the difference between a K-3 and an IR-1-CR-1

[~happyndinlove~ 540]

coorect...just asking...what's the difference between a K-3 and an IR-1-CR-1

Hi Techie:

K-3 visa is a non-immigrant. A K-3 visa holder need to adjust his/ her status to become a Legal Permanent Resident after arrival in the US.

IR-1/ CR-1 (immediate relative/ conditional resident) is an immigrant visa(s). (cr-1/ir-1) Visa holder automatically becomes a Legal Permanent Resident upon entry.

After entering the US, as a permanent resident, he/ she may seek employment without restrictions. No Employment Authorization Document (EAD) is required.

Additionally, as a permanent resident, they will not require special permission to leave the US for travel. No Advance Parole (AP) document is required.

Hope I answered your question.

Good luck on your visa journey...

Edited May 12, 2011 by ~happyndinlove~

[tallcoolone 102]

when she gets here you can apply for the SS no. but you have to do it before the I-94 expires. she dont need it because she cant work, but its good to have if you want to add her name to bills, bank statements, ins., etc. after you get married, you will have to get a new one in her married name.

Not Correct

If you talking about a K1, then the person can continue working if they already had the job before coming to USA.

[rlogan 2,036]

My wife passed her interview and now waiting for her passport to be returned with her visa. IS there anything else needed to be done for her to receive her Green Card and SS card?

The Social Security offices are staffed with really poorly trained employees, and in our case a very malicious one too who enjoyed trying to interfere every way she could in our obtaining it. Over the years here I have seen more complaints and horror stories from the SS offices than anything else - people leave their communities and go to other places where the staff actually knows what they are doing... having to get congressmen involved (in our case even that didn't work).

First they claimed my wife was not eligible and we had to get a supervisor, and show them the rules. Then they filled out their forms incorrectly twice. Then they lost our file, then refused to allow us to fill out another application since we had already filled one out that they couldn't find. Then they actually asked us to commit a felony by changing our I-94 stamp. Our congressman could not make them do anything. Finally a new employee came to work for them and the first time we saw her she completed the form correctly and got us her social security number. Her supervisor tried to stop her but she showed her supervisor the printed rules and said she was going to follow them.

They never answered their phones. They did not call back despite saying they would if you left a message. Basically you have to know their job better than they do and be prepared to fight like a bulldog unless you are lucky enough to get an employee that knows what they are doing. Try to get information from other people who have experience with your local office. If they say to go to a different office - then do it.

[Ban Hammer 13,400]

and, rlogan, they seem to have a piss poor attitude towards the customer in general. when we went there to get nessa's ssn, it was a lot of grief and no she wasn't eligible and no they didn't want to look at the paperwork we'd brought of their own rules saying she was eligible. we wound up getting her a ssn within a few weeks, but i coulda done without the worker's attitude.

[Thunderstruck 1]

My fiancée just got her SS card. We went on a Friday and waited about 45 minutes to get to the counter. We already had all our documentation (passport, valid I-94 and completed application) and it went very smoothly. This was in Newark Delaware. She had her card in hand 4 business days later. Maybe we got lucky!

I am concerned that there is a big stamp on the front of the card that says "For employment purposes only". We are waiting to file for her Employment papers with the AOS. When we are married next month and go back to change her name will that stamp be removed on the new card or not until she has permanent residency? We plan to file for AOS immediately after getting married.

[Adam & May 4]

TStruck: We were not able to get an updated SS card with May's married name until after we received the EAD/Green card.

The person at the SS office (right or wrong) explained that we could apply before but that may cause confusion when filing for AOS (something about May's last name not matching immigration records if we do it manually). She stated to AOS process makes all the necessary name adjustments

They told us to come back after the EAD was received. We ended up getting the EAD and Green Card within 2 days of each other.

May ended up taking a training class and volunteering (to get her out of the house to meet people) until her EAD arrived. She was eventually hired by the place where she volunteered.

Adam & May

[Thunderstruck 1]

TStruck: We were not able to get an updated SS card with May's married name until after we received the EAD/Green card.

The person at the SS office (right or wrong) explained that we could apply before but that may cause confusion when filing for AOS (something about May's last name not matching immigration records if we do it manually). She stated to AOS process makes all the necessary name adjustments

They told us to come back after the EAD was received. We ended up getting the EAD and Green Card within 2 days of each other.

May ended up taking a training class and volunteering (to get her out of the house to meet people) until her EAD arrived. She was eventually hired by the place where she volunteered.

Adam & May

Thank you for the information, Adam. We will wait until we file for the AOS then. Thanks!

[rlogan 2,036]

and, rlogan, they seem to have a piss poor attitude towards the customer in general. when we went there to get nessa's ssn, it was a lot of grief and no she wasn't eligible and no they didn't want to look at the paperwork we'd brought of their own rules saying she was eligible. we wound up getting her a ssn within a few weeks, but i coulda done without the worker's attitude.

In our case we had an employee that despite having a green card in hand in her married name (we had given up in frustration and decided to wait until the green card came) demanded we go get a certified copy of our marriage certificate. Wow did she show how much fun she was having refusing us. The place is crawling with security - two metal detector/search zones and six armed men just to wait in line to see this petty tyrant.

We came back with the certified marriage certificate and that's when we saw the new employee. We went to her instead. She did not need the certified marriage certificate and cheerfully approved our application. That other long-time employee tried to argue with her and make up new reasons to deny us. She looked really frustrated that the new employee stood her ground and approved us.

That's why on other places in this forum people recommend going to an office outside your area if you have monsters like this in your local office.

[Darnell 8,478]

if a K-3 visa, she can't get either - see Comparison on K-3 vs CR-1 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/204324-wondering-if-i-made-a-mistake-marrying-in-us/page__view__findpost__p__3060767 - she can get them after filing Adjustment of Status.

IF a CR-1/IR-1 visa, green card shows up automagically at the address listed in the DS-230 document for 'usa domicile' within 5 weeks of POE, and getting a SSN is hit or miss. Either it comes in automagically, or must go to SSA office.