K1 Visa - Social Security USCIS SAVE system

[DRAS 23]

Hi, my now wife came to the US on K1 visa on 2/3/22 and we applied for social security number for her on 2/25. The office says it's pending verification based on her I-94 etc. The SAVE system keeps showing Case Under Review. But that the requesting agency can contact them if they haven't heard in 20 days. Is there anywhere we can check/follow up on that Save system? I thought it's going to be pretty straightforward, she came here on K1 visa and has an electronic I94, but it's taking so long.

[P055UM 261]

33 minutes ago, DRAS said:

Hi, my now wife came to the US on K1 visa on 2/3/22 and we applied for social security number for her on 2/25. The office says it's pending verification based on her I-94 etc. The SAVE system keeps showing Case Under Review. But that the requesting agency can contact them if they haven't heard in 20 days. Is there anywhere we can check/follow up on that Save system? I thought it's going to be pretty straightforward, she came here on K1 visa and has an electronic I94, but it's taking so long.

It takes a long time, unfortunately, but the good news for you is that you at least applied in plenty of time. The only thing you can do at this point is basically be patient, and call your local office once in a while to make sure that they haven’t forgotten about you. Given that you applied pretty quickly after entry, hopefully you will be fine. Best of luck! 

[Scott-Ilyn 78]

1 hour ago, AW1704 said:

The only thing you can do at this point is basically be patient,

Good advice.  My fiance arrived on 1/15/2022 and we applied for her ssn on 1/19/2022.  For some reason, there were two Casecheck verifications submitted, (on 2/2 and 3/1)  We were told that the first verification (automatic) was not cleared.  So, they had to send documents to USCIS and manual verification (3/1) was started.  Good news is the second verification was cleared on (3/16).  So, we called and they told us to expect the SS card within 1-2 weeks.  We hope that this is the end of the waiting game.

[DRAS 23]

24 minutes ago, ScottLangbehn said:

Good advice.  My fiance arrived on 1/15/2022 and we applied for her ssn on 1/19/2022.  For some reason, there were two Casecheck verifications submitted, (on 2/2 and 3/1)  We were told that the first verification (automatic) was not cleared.  So, they had to send documents to USCIS and manual verification (3/1) was started.  Good news is the second verification was cleared on (3/16).  So, we called and they told us to expect the SS card within 1-2 weeks.  We hope that this is the end of the waiting game.

Good to know of a timeline, thank you, I did call the SSN office and told them to follow up since it says the agency can contact SAVE if not heard for 20 days. The rep said she needs to check if they can and will follow up. So hopefully it'll start moving. You can't add an updated W4 w/o the spouse's SSN right? Has anyone tried to get an ITIN, is that faster? And drivers license for her also and they all get backed up w/o SSN. We are planning to send the 485 packet this weekend, do you think SAVE verification or getting SSN is dependent on submitting filing 485?

[DRAS 23]

1 hour ago, AW1704 said:

It takes a long time, unfortunately, but the good news for you is that you at least applied in plenty of time. The only thing you can do at this point is basically be patient, and call your local office once in a while to make sure that they haven’t forgotten about you. Given that you applied pretty quickly after entry, hopefully you will be fine. Best of luck! 

Thank you. Yes, waiting now!

[Scott-Ilyn 78]

1 minute ago, DRAS said:

You can't add an updated W4 w/o the spouse's SSN right?

I've not heard that.  I updated my W4 as soon as we were married.

 

1 minute ago, DRAS said:

Has anyone tried to get an ITIN, is that faster?

I don't know if it's faster but I would not go that route until you're sure the SSN is not obtainable right way (because of an expired i-94).

 

4 minutes ago, DRAS said:

do you think SAVE verification or getting SSN is dependent on submitting filing 485?

No, I don't believe they are connected or dependent on each other

[P055UM 261]

5 minutes ago, DRAS said:

Good to know of a timeline, thank you, I did call the SSN office and told them to follow up since it says the agency can contact SAVE if not heard for 20 days. The rep said she needs to check if they can and will follow up. So hopefully it'll start moving. You can't add an updated W4 w/o the spouse's SSN right? Has anyone tried to get an ITIN, is that faster? And drivers license for her also and they all get backed up w/o SSN. We are planning to send the 485 packet this weekend, do you think SAVE verification or getting SSN is dependent on submitting filing 485?

For what it is worth, I had my appointment and applied on my 18th day after entry, and my SSN arrived on the 71st day after entry. Given that they won’t issue within two weeks of the I94 expiry (day 76), it is safe to say they are perfectly happy to cut it fine. As I said before, hopefully you’ll be fine since you applied in good time.