Mother-in-Law approve and in US - How to get her green card and SS

[cristi1231 4]

Hello everyone! My US Citizen husband did all the steps necessary and his mother is officially in the US today! My understanding is she enters as a permanent resident.

 

What is the next step now to get her a physical green card? Do we still need to do an Adjustment of Status since she is already a PR? Does the government just automatically send a green card? (We moved so our address is now old with what my husband used to petition for her)

 

Can we get her social security card before getting her green card? I can't seem to find a website that clearly describes how to get these physical cards next. Let me know if you know, thank you!

 

If it helps, she just immigrated from Lima Peru to Tampa Florida. Thanks!

[mniceguy16 184]

8 minutes ago, cristi1231 said:

Hello everyone! My US Citizen husband did all the steps necessary and his mother is officially in the US today! My understanding is she enters as a permanent resident.

 

What is the next step now to get her a physical green card? Do we still need to do an Adjustment of Status since she is already a PR? Does the government just automatically send a green card? (We moved so our address is now old with what my husband used to petition for her)

 

Can we get her social security card before getting her green card? I can't seem to find a website that clearly describes how to get these physical cards next. Let me know if you know, thank you!

 

If it helps, she just immigrated from Lima Peru to Tampa Florida. Thanks!

If she has not yet paid the green card fee which is about $220, she should pay it online and fill in all the required information. She does not need the physical green card in order to get her ssn, with her stamped passport and Alien number she can go to their office and apply for a social

security card. Atleast this is how mine went when I came into this country almost 4 years ago.

Edited May 1, 2023 by mniceguy16

[Boiler 43,436]

https://my.uscis.gov/uscis-immigrant-fee

[JeanneAdil 6,201]

at the bottom of visa should read "visa endorsement acts as I 551 evidencing permanent residency for 1 year"

that sentence acts as the green card till hers is received 

 

Did u mark the ds 260 for USCIS to do the work to apply for the SS number?  If so,  just wait for it about 2 months and then if not received ,  go to  nearest SS office to inquire and perhaps,  apply

 

no,  AOS , she came as permanent residence 

u will go thru ROC to remove conditions in 2 years for the 10 year card

[cristi1231 4]

Thank you all. This is all helpful info. On top of everything though, we moved. So I need to make sure if they are sending a SS or green card that they have the right address. Would we need to call the USCIS or the DOS for that to check?

 

Otherwise, as soon as she gets home, we're checking her visa stamp to get her A number and DOS case ID that I'm reading on the immigration fee payment page we need to check if we've paid that fee yet or not.

[EM_Vandaveer 2,369]

28 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

at the bottom of visa should read "visa endorsement acts as I 551 evidencing permanent residency for 1 year"

that sentence acts as the green card till hers is received 

 

Did u mark the ds 260 for USCIS to do the work to apply for the SS number?  If so,  just wait for it about 2 months and then if not received ,  go to  nearest SS office to inquire and perhaps,  apply

 

no,  AOS , she came as permanent residence 

u will go thru ROC to remove conditions in 2 years for the 10 year card

There is no ROC process for a parent, a parent receives a 10-year GC automatically.

[Chancy 6,233]

*** Moved from Bringing Family of USC forum to Moving to the US & Your New Life In America forum -- topic is about processes after US entry ***

 

[Azzuro 1]

Me and my wife are parents of an American citizen, arrived in the US last April 4, 2023 POE Seattle, today, May 12 we received our GC!  But still waiting for the SS card, hoping to arrive next week as per local SS office.

[M+K IL 102]

On 5/1/2023 at 9:40 AM, cristi1231 said:

Thank you all. This is all helpful info. On top of everything though, we moved. So I need to make sure if they are sending a SS or green card that they have the right address. Would we need to call the USCIS or the DOS for that to check?

File an AR-11 address change form, and set up mail forwarding with the USPS (valid for a year).

As to calling USCIS or DOS... probably do that too, but I'm not sure where to call. Hope it works out!

[cristi1231 4]

Hi everyone! turns out when my MIL came to the country and they questioned her, she gave our new address (a miracle she remembered!). And they told her that's not what they have on file (she says they were trying to intimidate her haha)

 

But she held her ground and stated that her son recently moved. So they wrote down the address, and we got her new Social Security Card a couple weeks ago in the mail to our new home!

Still waiting on the Green Card though. It's been 4 weeks now, is this normal? We did pay the immigration fee like 1 day after she came in (I know we were supposed to do it before, that was our bad).

[Boiler 43,436]

They can take a few weeks they can take a few months.