When to Apply for SSN

[Dot and Nat 0]

Thanks VJ Family for their help and support and i am in another stage on the k1 processing and i want to ask about how i can file for the SSN card... Am to send when filing for my AOS or file it separately before my AOS .. please i need your experience and advice over it ... thanks for all your support.. and advice...

[Greg n Veronica 17]

Thanks VJ Family for their help and support and i am in another stage on the k1 processing and i want to ask about how i can file for the SSN card... Am to send when filing for my AOS or file it separately before my AOS .. please i need your experience and advice over it ... thanks for all your support.. and advice...

Go file for it now, for you should have filed for it not long after arriving. Congrats on the wedding and wish you all the best with the next step, AOS. Read this:

VJ SSN INFO

[X Factor 1,110]

Go file for it now, for you should have filed for it not long after arriving. Congrats on the wedding and wish you all the best with the next step, AOS. Read this:

VJ SSN INFO

You can file 2 weeks after you arrive in the US.

[Greg n Veronica 17]

You can file 2 weeks after you arrive in the US.

When looking at the timeline, I thought it showed arriving here in December (that was Visa received date) but it doesn't show any arriving date but does show they just got married today.

Edited February 17, 2013 by Greg n Veronica

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Alla arrived at 4pm on a Wednesday and applied for her SSN at 9am Thursday. At 9am Friday we went back to the SS office and she got her SSN. You only wait a week if you wait for them to mail it to you.

K-1s are eligible for an SSN from day 1 until day 76 of their I-94 authorization. I suggest you get the card in your maiden name before you unpack your suitcase.

Since you did not do that, you will have to wait until you get your green card or EAD, then go to the SS office and get your SSN

[KayDeeCee 4,892]

Thanks VJ Family for their help and support and i am in another stage on the k1 processing and i want to ask about how i can file for the SSN card... Am to send when filing for my AOS or file it separately before my AOS .. please i need your experience and advice over it ... thanks for all your support.. and advice...

Go to your local SSA office and apply for it NOW while your I-94 is still valid. You can apply for it as long as you still have at least 2 weeks left before your I-94 expires: http://www.visajourney.com/content/ssn

Since you did not do that, you will have to wait until you get your green card or EAD, then go to the SS office and get your SSN

Their timeline says they arrived in the US Jan 26th and have not even married yet. They do not have to wait for the EAD or green card,. Their I-94 is still valid.

[TBoneTX 43,410]

*** Thread moved from K-1 Process forum to the Social Security Numbers subforum -- topic not a K-1 process issue. ***

[HK12 273]

Go to your local SSA office and apply for it NOW while your I-94 is still valid. You can apply for it as long as you still have at least 2 weeks left before your I-94 expires

Yes, keep that in mind.

I applied for my SSN 12 days after getting here and had the SSN in our mailbox four days afterwards. I applied with my maiden name (two days before getting married), because I somewhere read on this forum that it might lead to problems if you apply for the card with your married name, while you are in their system with your maiden name. I am probably going back there to change my name this or next week. I found the people at the Social Security Office to be very competent and efficient in dealing with me.