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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Spain
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Hey guys, I am looking for some guidance on our timeline here. 

 

My fiancé is currently on quarantine in Mexico after receiving his K1 visa in Madrid, Spain. We are part of the Milligan lawsuit. 

I am now arranging his AOS paperwork and want to clarify the timeline given changes due to COVID and best options.

 

He will enter the US on March 26th and we will get married on April 3rd. 

 

  1. Should we go apply for his Social security number before we get married on the 3rd? If not, when? I think I read somewhere we have to wait 2 weeks until he shows up in the system, is this true? My thought process is we are more likely to receive his SS card sooner if we apply for it separately from the I-765?
  2. If we have to wait 2 weeks can we still apply for is separately even after we are married? With hopes we get it sooner than with -I-765.
  3. Should we file the I-765 for his EAD and add on getting a social security number? I haven't seen where to do this on the I-765 form but I have also read about it. If true, where

 

I am hoping to send of everything immediately after the wedding, he is a teacher and our hopes are his EAD will come before this fall. 

Thanks for your help! 

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Taiwan
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Apply for the SSN BEFORE marriage.  You do not have to wait 2 weeks.  

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Germany
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I went to the SSA office the day after I arrived. The 2 weeks waiting time was long ago when everything had to be put in the system manually by CBP but now the I94 will show his entry immediately after he went through CBP. 

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Spain
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17 hours ago, Letspaintcookies said:

I went to the SSA office the day after I arrived. The 2 weeks waiting time was long ago when everything had to be put in the system manually by CBP but now the I94 will show his entry immediately after he went through CBP. 

Ok great! Was the pre-covid or post when you did this by chance?

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Germany
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1 hour ago, SarahxRuby said:

Ok great! Was the pre-covid or post when you did this by chance?

Oh that was before. Now you probably have to make an appointment for your husband but that doesn't change the fact that you don't have to wait. He can check his I94 online and as long as his entry shows he's good to go.

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Spain
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3 minutes ago, Letspaintcookies said:

Oh that was before. Now you probably have to make an appointment for your husband but that doesn't change the fact that you don't have to wait. He can check his I94 online and as long as his entry shows he's good to go.

Yes, I have contacted our SS office and we do have to make an appointment. I didn't realized we can see the I94 online, I assume this is what the 2 week wait period was for before. So if it is registered he is "in the system" and we will go to SS office. Lets hope its immediate! Thanks!

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Germany
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8 minutes ago, SarahxRuby said:

Yes, I have contacted our SS office and we do have to make an appointment. I didn't realized we can see the I94 online, I assume this is what the 2 week wait period was for before. So if it is registered he is "in the system" and we will go to SS office. Lets hope its immediate! Thanks!

Back in the days CBP handed out paper slips as I94. They kept a copy and at the end of the shift a unlucky person in the backoffice had to enter all that information manually into the system. That took some time. That's not the case anymore ( except for Canadians? I think there's something different). Google I94 and CBP that will lead you to the web page where y'all can check it.

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Spain
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4 minutes ago, Letspaintcookies said:

Back in the days CBP handed out paper slips as I94. They kept a copy and at the end of the shift a unlucky person in the backoffice had to enter all that information manually into the system. That took some time. That's not the case anymore ( except for Canadians? I think there's something different). Google I94 and CBP that will lead you to the web page where y'all can check it.

https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/#/home#section

 

Incredibly easy to access!!! Posting here in case someone else needs it. Amazing! Thank you! I double checked and found my fiance's I94 from a trip a couple years ago and bam. 

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Germany
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1 minute ago, SarahxRuby said:

https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/#/home#section

 

Incredibly easy to access!!! Posting here in case someone else needs it. Amazing! Thank you! I double checked and found my fiance's I94 from a trip a couple years ago and bam. 

You'll also print that out for the AOS application. 

 

And after you got home from the SSA office you can check here https://www.uscis.gov/save/save-casecheck how that application is going. That's the database where SSA checks the information of your fiance and it will show you if it's still processing or already handed back to SSA.

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Spain
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7 minutes ago, Letspaintcookies said:

You'll also print that out for the AOS application. 

 

And after you got home from the SSA office you can check here https://www.uscis.gov/save/save-casecheck how that application is going. That's the database where SSA checks the information of your fiance and it will show you if it's still processing or already handed back to SSA.

Amazing! So just to be clear, when he enters they will not hand him a I94 form right? We will only have access via online? I want to be sure he knows what he needs to keep an eye out for. 

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Germany
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55 minutes ago, SarahxRuby said:

Amazing! So just to be clear, when he enters they will not hand him a I94 form right? We will only have access via online? I want to be sure he knows what he needs to keep an eye out for. 

Yes ma'am. The only thing he'll get is the stamp in his passport next to his visa saying he was admitted into the US.

 
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