Social Security Card for recent arrivals

[nandojourney 13]

All,

 

Hope this message finds everyone well. I am looking for feedback by recent arrivals to the USA regarding the receipt of their social security card. My stepdaughter arrived on October 5th 2020. Based on older posts back on June 2020, it look like it took 3 months to receive for most people after they entered the country. I was hoping to know if anyone is also still waiting for one to arrive and about how long it took during this time frame of arrival around October 2020?

 

Things I did just to make sure:

 

1. Made sure the option was checked on the DS-260

2. Greek card arrived a month later

3. Called the SS# office and they could not find a match with name to see if pending

 

I am sure with COVID there is a delay and just wanted some feedback on this. Tax season is upon us :).

 

Thank you,

 

Nando

[Kim and Joseph 36]

Arrive Dec 22 Still Waiting! On SS I'm completely Stalled, can't get nothing done. 

 

 

[RamonGomez 271]

I forgot what the rule of thumb was, but if SSA doesn't have a record by 30 (?) days after arrival chances are they are never going to have one and you'll have to apply at the office. 

 

My stepdaughter immigrated in early 2020 and never got an SSN. We finally called SSA and they told us to come in-person and apply last week. It seems like 2020 had an unusually high number of missed SSN reports.

 

You can always file for an extension with the IRS to buy more time (until October) if you need to buy some extra time.

[Sofitalian 134]

I entered on Oct 20, received my Social Security Card in the mail 8 days after. My Green Card was received in the mail on Dec 18.

[nandojourney 13]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll wait another 30 days and go from there. Our green card came about 30 days so hopefully the SS Card will arrive soon :).

[nandojourney 13]

Thank you for the feedback. Hopefully it will come within the next month if not I will reach out to the SSA to get an appointment. When I called they said offices were closed and they were not doing appointment for the office unless it was an emergency and she would not know if my situation would fall under that but I may be able to convince them :). Definitely can easily file for an extension without a problem but it sucks that the timeline is inconsistent.

 

Thanks!

 

nando