Permanent Residency Card + SSC for recent Irish immigrants

[SIRE 68]

Hi All,

 

The previous Dublin interview topic have been a huge support throughout our journey and I am glad to say that I have made some new friends during this pandemic over the last several months on this forum. So, a huge shoutout to the admins and the general community here! Its been quite helpful. 

 

As we move forward in this journey I wanted to create this topic for our recent Irish immigrants who have been able to move to US in recent times and share experiences related to receiving their green card/permanent residency card and/or SSC card and how have they been dealing with settling down i.e. opening bank account, applying for drivers license etc. 

 

I am in touch with a few folks from previous thread but thought this public info will be useful for the rest of us. 

 

So has anybody who recently moved received their green card yet? We moved about a few weeks ago but haven't heard anything yet.

[Chancy 6,233]

4 hours ago, SIRE said:

has anybody who recently moved received their green card yet?

 

Check this tracking thread for green card delivery after POE --

 

 

[Linos 69]

On 6/25/2021 at 1:54 PM, SIRE said:

Hi All,

 

The previous Dublin interview topic have been a huge support throughout our journey and I am glad to say that I have made some new friends during this pandemic over the last several months on this forum. So, a huge shoutout to the admins and the general community here! Its been quite helpful. 

 

As we move forward in this journey I wanted to create this topic for our recent Irish immigrants who have been able to move to US in recent times and share experiences related to receiving their green card/permanent residency card and/or SSC card and how have they been dealing with settling down i.e. opening bank account, applying for drivers license etc. 

 

I am in touch with a few folks from previous thread but thought this public info will be useful for the rest of us. 

 

So has anybody who recently moved received their green card yet? We moved about a few weeks ago but haven't heard anything yet.

I've been in touch with another CR1 (from Spain) who is waiting 82+ days now for her green card to arrive - I think things have slowed down a lot because of covid

[SIRE 68]

1 hour ago, Linos said:

I've been in touch with another CR1 (from Spain) who is waiting 82+ days now for her green card to arrive - I think things have slowed down a lot because of covid

Thanks for this info, this helps plan things. 

 

Any idea if your friend received her SSN card? SSN is required for opening a bank account, getting an insurance and applying for driver's license. 

 

I am waiting on both, I am well into 3rd week. 

[Linos 69]

7 hours ago, SIRE said:

Thanks for this info, this helps plan things. 

 

Any idea if your friend received her SSN card? SSN is required for opening a bank account, getting an insurance and applying for driver's license. 

 

I am waiting on both, I am well into 3rd week. 

I'll check in with her and report back  

[Linos 69]

13 hours ago, SIRE said:

Thanks for this info, this helps plan things. 

 

Any idea if your friend received her SSN card? SSN is required for opening a bank account, getting an insurance and applying for driver's license. 

 

I am waiting on both, I am well into 3rd week. 

She received her SSN 10 days after she arrived. Paid the greencard fee 96 days ago and arrived 91 days ago

[SIRE 68]

On 6/29/2021 at 12:42 PM, Linos said:

She received her SSN 10 days after she arrived. Paid the greencard fee 96 days ago and arrived 91 days ago

Thanks Linos. 

 

Apparently its taking a while now. Strange thing is they are not emailing the tracking info before sending out the SSC card. Its hard to know when its coming unless you go check your mail box every single day.

[Chancy 6,233]

41 minutes ago, SIRE said:

Its hard to know when its coming unless you go check your mail box every single day.

 

Sign up for USPS Informed Delivery so you can check online instead 😄

 

[SIRE 68]

24 minutes ago, Chancy said:

 

Sign up for USPS Informed Delivery so you can check online instead 😄

 

That's a brilliant idea, I actually just did it and I can see some home insurance advertisement emails showing up as arriving soon

 

I am just a tad bit concerned since most of the folks said SSC arrives in 10-15 days. So for me its now been 3 weeks. I also landed at a different city for a family wedding but my DS260 has our home address, so I am hoping it still comes to our home and doesn't end up at a hotel since at POE I told the officer that I am currently going at a different hotel address to attend a wedding. 

 

Most likely they should pick up the address from DS260 / USCIS my account / online portal also has the same home address.

[Chancy 6,233]

9 minutes ago, SIRE said:

I am just a tad bit concerned since most of the folks said SSC arrives in 10-15 days. So for me its now been 3 weeks.

 

If you don't get your SSN in another week, it might be time to book an appointment at an SSA office to apply personally for SSN.

 

[SIRE 68]

20 hours ago, Chancy said:

 

If you don't get your SSN in another week, it might be time to book an appointment at an SSA office to apply personally for SSN.

 

Thanks so much, another friend from forum @neca also mentioned that they are taking a very long time to process due to covid. Might be worth arranging an in-person appointment with SSA after 4th of July holiday.

 

 

[Ryan H 3,790]

Moved from US Embassy and Consulate Discussion to Moving to the US and Your New Life In America forum.

[neca 166]

Hi all,

 

SS card came in the first of July, after a call with the local office trying to get the SSN in advance and being told that it wasn't issued yet (I guess they didn't bother looking up the details after we told them of how soon we had entered). The card was printed as being issued the day after our arrival in the US, the 25th of June. No GC yet.

 

I don't know why we got the SSN so soon. We checked the box on the DS-260, and I had asked some questions to the border officer knowing that SSN has been kind of variable with covid backups, don't know if those were factors or if we just got lucky.

[SIRE 68]

Thanks for the update Neca. 

 

For everyone else waiting for SSC and its been 3 weeks since your arrival in the US, there's an option for in person application for a new SSC.

 

I got my appointment for today and applied in-person. They lady said it could take upto 4 weeks for the card to be mailed to me, I have received a confirmation letter of application. 

 

 

[SIRE 68]

On 6/30/2021 at 7:32 PM, Chancy said:

 

If you don't get your SSN in another week, it might be time to book an appointment at an SSA office to apply personally for SSN.

 

Thank you, I made an appointment, filled out SS5 form and got it done at the field office. Waiting period is 4 weeks now. I was hoping for a temporary number or something so I could apply for driver's license and open bank account in the meantime.