Entered the USA with my wife a few days ago.

[Tommy Lee Jones 4]

I entered the USA at the Miami airport a few days ago with our 3 year old US citizen child.  We used the non citizen line. We entered a little over five months after she received the visa so things may have changed about the medical papers she was told to give to immigration. Because no one at the immigration in the Miami airport would take the papers....they just said that they aren't necessary. Not sure why since the embassy told her to deliver them by hand to the US immigration check point. 

 

They took us into another room before we could pick up our luggage. The wanted to make sure that they had the correct mailing address and phone number to contact us and send the green card. 

 

I made an appointment at our local Social Security Office. One of the few reasons they will actually let you make an in person appointment is for issuance of a first time Social Security card. I was told to bring her passport along with her birth certificate and her I 94....I told them that she did not receive an I 94 and they told me that the stamp that immigration put on her visa will suffice. 

 

If anyone is interested I'll give an update as to how things went at the social security office. After we go on the 3rd of Feb. 

[IHTBU 8]

Please update. Niche details are so interesting and it will be appreciated when people do I search, I bet.👏🏼

[ineedadisplayname 443]

9 hours ago, Tommy Lee Jones said:

Not sure why since the embassy told her to deliver them by hand to the US immigration check point. 

To make sure everything is delivered you can call a deferred inspection around your location and they might take it. You might be one of the odd ducks where the embassy switched to digital between issuing the visa and your entry time since u said it was like 5 months. Make sure u don't open it and still try to deliver it in my opinion.

[Lil bear 3,831]

10 hours ago, Tommy Lee Jones said:

I entered the USA at the Miami airport a few days ago with our 3 year old US citizen child.  We used the non citizen line. We entered a little over five months after she received the visa so things may have changed about the medical papers she was told to give to immigration. Because no one at the immigration in the Miami airport would take the papers....they just said that they aren't necessary. Not sure why since the embassy told her to deliver them by hand to the US immigration check point. 

 

They took us into another room before we could pick up our luggage. The wanted to make sure that they had the correct mailing address and phone number to contact us and send the green card. 

 

I made an appointment at our local Social Security Office. One of the few reasons they will actually let you make an in person appointment is for issuance of a first time Social Security card. I was told to bring her passport along with her birth certificate and her I 94....I told them that she did not receive an I 94 and they told me that the stamp that immigration put on her visa will suffice. 

 

If anyone is interested I'll give an update as to how things went at the social security office. After we go on the 3rd of Feb. 

i agree with @ineedadisplayname..  its worth double checking at a deferred inspection location. The documents may be online as well as in hand .. but if they aren't, then there will be an issue when it comes time to apply for naturalization as the assessment requires a USCIS review of all documentation previously provided.  Also, maybe email the consulate where the interview was .. though they are likely to take the “ not our problem” stance. 

[Tommy Lee Jones 4]

23 hours ago, ineedadisplayname said:

To make sure everything is delivered you can call a deferred inspection around your location and they might take it. You might be one of the odd ducks where the embassy switched to digital between issuing the visa and your entry time since u said it was like 5 months. Make sure u don't open it and still try to deliver it in my opinion.

There is nothing to open....there is a CD and papers stapled together.....no yellow envelope that needs to remain sealed......but none the less my wife was told to deliver the CD and papers to immigration and no one wanted them....tried to give them to any agent we spoke with and they just said the didn't need them and that they have everything the need. 

[Lil bear 3,831]

42 minutes ago, Tommy Lee Jones said:

There is nothing to open....there is a CD and papers stapled together.....no yellow envelope that needs to remain sealed......but none the less my wife was told to deliver the CD and papers to immigration and no one wanted them....tried to give them to any agent we spoke with and they just said the didn't need them and that they have everything the need. 

If there was not  a sealed envelope then the instruction to give them to the CBP officer at POE was unnecessary. They are not interested in the chest Xray ( CDs) or your copy of your immunization record from the medical. File those with all the other copies of your application, notices and documentation. Nothing to worry about and nothing you need to do. 

[ineedadisplayname 443]

1 hour ago, Lil bear said:

If there was not  a sealed envelope then the instruction to give them to the CBP officer at POE was unnecessary. They are not interested in the chest Xray ( CDs) or your copy of your immunization record from the medical. File those with all the other copies of your application, notices and documentation. Nothing to worry about and nothing you need to do. 

Oh I see. Lil bear is correct

[Chancy 6,233]

*** Moved from IR1/CR1 Process & Procedures to Moving to the US and Your New Life In America -- OP's wife is done with the visa process ***

 

[Tommy Lee Jones 4]

Took my wife to the social security office today to request a social security number.....the took copies of her passport....visa and birth certificate. And said if everything checks out she should receive her social security card in the mail in a couple of weeks. 

 

I think I requested a social security card when I did the immigration paper work but I have heard that people have waited months to get their social security card.....so I figured I didn't have anything to lose by apply at the local social security office. 

The social security office in Phoenix is to the general public....but one of the things that they will let you make an appointment for is a first time social security card. 

[Lil bear 3,831]

41 minutes ago, Tommy Lee Jones said:

Took my wife to the social security office today to request a social security number.....the took copies of her passport....visa and birth certificate. And said if everything checks out she should receive her social security card in the mail in a couple of weeks. 

 

I think I requested a social security card when I did the immigration paper work but I have heard that people have waited months to get their social security card.....so I figured I didn't have anything to lose by apply at the local social security office. 

The social security office in Phoenix is to the general public....but one of the things that they will let you make an appointment for is a first time social security card. 

Glad to hear you were able to move forward with the ssn application. About 50% of those who request the SSN on their    visa application seem to get it in the mail .. no rhyme or reason that can be seen or understood !!  

[Tommy Lee Jones 4]

Well if my wife's social security card doesn't show up in a couple of weeks.....I'm told that you can call this number 1 800 772 1213 to find out the status of the card.