SSN after arrival - now have EAD

[tcsm 2]

Hi,

When I arrived in the USA back in November on my K-1 visa I went and applied for my SSN. No issues there. SSN number and card received.

Now, 3 months later, I have received my EAD, do I need to go back to the Social Security off to show them I am now eligible to work, or can I just start working without notifying Social Security?

Thanks!!

[Lainie B 465]

Have a look at your card. It should say "valid for work only with USCIS authorization" or something similar. The EAD is the USCIS authorization. So you are good to go. You don't need to to anything, you can start working.

Once you get your GC you should go back to the SSA and show it to them, and they will send you a new card (same number but without the above annotation).

[tcsm 2]

Thanks very much!

[Pitaya 2,577]

~Moved from K-1 Process to Working and Traveling During US Immigration Forum~

~Inquiry about EAD, not K-1 related~

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[Lynkali 163]

I am curious about whether it's NECESSARY to go back and get the wording removed, or just optional? Also, will they remove that wording when my husband gets his 2-year green card, or only after ROC and the 10-year one?

He currently has the "valid only with DHS authorization" wording on his SS card, and we have our AOS interview next week. Assuming we're approved for AOS, I would rather avoid going back to our very overcrowded Social Security office since we had to wait nearly three hours the first time we went ... so I certainly don't want to go unless it's something everyone recommends we do.

Why is it necessary or even recommended to remove that wording? We haven't had any issues so far ...?

[Lainie B 465]

I am curious about whether it's NECESSARY to go back and get the wording removed, or just optional? Also, will they remove that wording when my husband gets his 2-year green card, or only after ROC and the 10-year one?

He currently has the "valid only with DHS authorization" wording on his SS card, and we have our AOS interview next week. Assuming we're approved for AOS, I would rather avoid going back to our very overcrowded Social Security office since we had to wait nearly three hours the first time we went ... so I certainly don't want to go unless it's something everyone recommends we do.

Why is it necessary or even recommended to remove that wording? We haven't had any issues so far ...?

You are supposed to update the SSA with your status (permanent resident). I can't remember where I read that though. You can remove the annotation with the conditional green card.

Once you have the annotation removed it means you don't have to show your green card to your employer when you start work and fill in your I-9. You can just show them your SS card and your drivers license.

[Pitaya 2,577]

You are supposed to update the SSA with your status (permanent resident). I can't remember where I read that though. You can remove the annotation with the conditional green card.

Once you have the annotation removed it means you don't have to show your green card to your employer when you start work and fill in your I-9. You can just show them your SS card and your drivers license.

Sounds reasonable.

[Hank_ 9,174]

Hi,

When I arrived in the USA back in November on my K-1 visa I went and applied for my SSN. No issues there. SSN number and card received.

Now, 3 months later, I have received my EAD, do I need to go back to the Social Security off to show them I am now eligible to work, or can I just start working without notifying Social Security?

Thanks!!

You can. My wife has been working for almost a year and her SS card still has that silly stamp on it. After all the EAD is authorization to work from DHS, as is a green card.

Edited February 20, 2014 by Hank_

[Neferure 18]

Hi,

When I arrived in the USA back in November on my K-1 visa I went and applied for my SSN. No issues there. SSN number and card received.

Now, 3 months later, I have received my EAD, do I need to go back to the Social Security off to show them I am now eligible to work, or can I just start working without notifying Social Security?

Thanks!!

Did you apply for your EAD separately (before you filed for AOS). My fiancé is arriving Wednesday, and he would like to begin working asap. Our wedding is March 28th, so he would like to get things moving before the wedding. I know we have to send in AOS paperwork for him right after the wedding, but I read somewhere that the EAD was part of the AOS so that you don't have to pay separately for both. Or, when you apply for AOS do they send you the EAD first?

Also, I see that most people are going to get their SS card right away. I'm thinking we should do this so that he can open a bank account, etc.... correct?

Thanks in advance for any info you can give!

[Darnell 8,479]

filing for an EAD before marriage is a wait-on-the-pain exercise.

why? Usually the EAD arrives close to the I-94 expiration date, or a bit thereafter,

and expires the day the I-94 expires.