What happens after POE?

[elle13 15]

I've just entered the US with my CR1 visa and have the endorsement on my passport which serves as a temporary visa. Have also paid the new IV fee of $165. So what happens now? Do I need to initiate anything to get my green card and SSN or will they just arrive in the mail?

Sorry if this is a dumb question, I've done lots of research on everything pre-POE but am actually not sure what happens after. I do know I need to initiate an ROC application 6 months before the 2 year period expires.

[MedRoni 161]

You do not need to do anything further for your green card, it will come in the mail. My husband's took about a month.

The social security card should come soon if you checked the option to have one assigned in your visa application. If you did and you do not see it in a few weeks or if you did not choose this option you will need to go to the social security office to get your card.

Welcome to the US!

[elle13 15]

Great! Thanks for the reply. Yes I did check in the form to ask for a SSN to be assigned to me.

[DeW_DrOpS 21]

Great! Thanks for the reply. Yes I did check in the form to ask for a SSN to be assigned to me.

What was ur POE??? Dont wait for SSN to arrive, people wait for SSN to arrive but nuthin arrives. Better go at ur nearest SSN office and apply for SSN next day. Coz w/o SSN u cant do anythg in US. Its simple, just fill the form online, take printout and ur Passport and ur Birth Cert.

Regarding ur GC, it will arrive in mail in a month or so.

I also recently Immigrated here, my POE was Newark, EWR. I applied for SSN after 2 days and got it within a week. So i suggest u to apply for SSN as soon as possible.

[alex_dc4 5]

True my wife never got a SSN .. You have to go and apply for one !

[MedRoni 161]

Actually the SSN office said they get a lot of them returned because people do not add their spouses name at the post office so often times the post office will not deliver. This might be where you want to stop first.

This is what happened to us.

[elle13 15]

Thanks for all your responses!

[elle13 15]

Is there a website where I can track the production and delivery of my green card? Presumably this is dealt with by USCIS and not DOS or NVC.

[elle13 15]

Also, (sorry!) will my green card arrive in my married name or my maiden name? My passport is in my maiden name, and my DS-230 had my maiden name also (to match my passport). I would prefer my green card to contain my married name. Is there a way I can ask USCIS to ensure my green card has my married name?

[MedRoni 161]

You should get a letter with a case number telling you the port of entry forwarded your file and they are processing for your green card. Once you have the case number you can track it online. Ours came 2 days before the green card did though. Go figure

As for the last name, it will have the name on their that was used for the visa request. If you did not use your married name, I am not sure if you can still change it or not without the new fee. You can always call and ask, unless someone here knows for sure. I do not.

[ndu26 114]

your GC will arrive in the same name you have on your visa. You initiate ROC 90 days (that's three months) before expiration of conditional GC. You can change name on SSN, state ID etc after your initial documents are sorted out here

[elle13 15]

Thank you.

[ladylex 0]

Thank you.

Hi, Elle! How many days did you have to wait after entering US before you received your GC? I arrived here on a CR-1 Visa last August 15, 2013 and I still haven't received mine. Thanks

[NikLR 13,220]

Wait at least 2 weeks for the SSN to arrive on it's on in the mail. It normally takes a week or two for the POE package to make it back to the USCIS.

Your green card should arrive in the mail 1-3 months after your POE date. You can check it using the ELIS site.

Hi, Elle! How many days did you have to wait after entering US before you received your GC? I arrived here on a CR-1 Visa last August 15, 2013 and I still haven't received mine. Thanks

What does your ELIS account say?

It takes 1-3 months for the green card to arrive. Don't worry about it too much because your endorsed visa in your passport acts as a temporary green card for a year.

[elle13 15]

I got mine working a month but I do agree, it varies greatly. Don't stress to much about it as it's early days yet. I didn't have problems finding a job without the green card as employers are more concerned about your SSN. That's what they used to run background and authorization checks on me.