Will there be a problem with our N-400?

[danskim 0]

My wife filed her N-400 2 weeks ago, and at the time of filing she did not have a social security number.

However, we would like to apply for a SSN in order for her to get a driver's license in MD.

Will this affect the N-400 processing?

[BigDaddy28 228]

how did she file taxes? How did she get her ROC approved if she had to go through that process without the SSN?

[No name 88 48]

How did she make it to naturalization without an SSN?

[Messybrownhair 251]

Wow how did she survive all this time without it?

[Jeremy12095 8]

When you get a green card the SSN is applied for at the airport. In my case paperwork got lost and I had to take my wife to the local SSA and they ordered the SSN.

If you wife has the green card and no ssn take her to the local SSA with her green card and passport and order a new SSN. It may take a month or so to get it but they can give you a NUMI letter showing one has been ordered. A lot of the DMV's will take the NUMI from the SSA.

http://ssa.gov/

Edited February 27, 2014 by Jeremy12095

[Shub 78]

When you get a green card the SSN is applied for at the airport.

Perhaps that is the case for your particular type of visa, but it is definitely not always the case.

[Jeremy12095 8]

Perhaps that is the case for your particular type of visa, but it is definitely not always the case.

For any green card issued after 2002 the process is automatic according to the USCIS Welcome to the United States: A guide for new immigrants Page 27.

http://www.uscis.gov/tools/green-card-resources/welcome-united-states-guide-new-immigrants

[Shub 78]

For any green card issued after 2002 the process is automatic according to the USCIS Welcome to the United States: A guide for new immigrants Page 27.

http://www.uscis.gov/tools/green-card-resources/welcome-united-states-guide-new-immigrants

I'm pretty sure the process is voluntary, not automatic. As in, you have to check a box in your application for an immigrant visa that says that yes, you want to apply for a social security number.

(I checked your link anyway and the Guide for New Immigrants suggests I'm right)

[Udella&Wiz 325]

If the person entered on a K1 getting an SSN is not automatic so that's perfectly possible. You aren't required to have an SSN to file N400 (the field says 'if applicable'). Taxes can be done without an SSN I believe (with a TIN - Tax identification number)

To answer the OP's question - don't think applying for an SSN should affect the N400 processing - 2 different offices.

Edited February 27, 2014 by Udella&Wiz