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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Mexico
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But the screw up was mine, not the SSA!

We went to the office on July 10th to apply for his SS#, and after having shown them the memo saying that K1s could use their valid I94 in lieu of an EAD, they processed his application. Said that the card should arrive in the mail within two weeks and to make sure that his last name was clearly on the mailbox, otherwise they wouldn't deliver it.

Fair enough. I take my own sweet time (maybe 4 or 5 days) to make a pretty little sticker with our last names on it to affix to the mailbox. No ss card for my very own newly arrived immigrant.

Today we go down to the office to see what's up. They had issued and mailed his card THAT VERY DAY we applied! She assured me that the postman simply wouldn't de;liver it without his last name on the box, and that it was sent back to the main office. So she resubmitted the request and said to be on the look out for the card starting on Monday.

How's that for irony? A federal agency was speedier and more efficient than I!!!

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Peru
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That, my friend, is TRULY ironic :yes:

ONE DAY AT A TIME....

REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS

12/30/2008: Overnighted I-751 package to VSC

01/06/2009: Check cashed

01/06/2009: NOA (arrived 01/09/09)

01/23/2009: Biometrics appt letter received

01/31/2009: Biometrics scheduled

05/20/2009: APPROVED

06/23/2009: 10 Year Green Card arrived

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If you go to the downloads tab and then click on Other Useful Forms, it's like the third one down (SSN Auth for K1, or something similar). I HIGHLY recommended taking that along.

The comment from one agent to another when I gave them that was, "Well, I guess we didn't need to turn away that other K1 this morning." Luckily for the people at the office, the person's I94 had expired, making them ineligible at that point, or I bet they would have felt REALLY bad.

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Canada
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awwww

ps, you said you took a memo with you the first time to prove that he was eligible for one..

where can i find that?

It's on the SSA website as well so definitely take a print out of it with you when you go to the SSA office. Remember to wait about 2 weeks after entry to make sure you're in the SAVE system but make sure you don't do it as late as 75 days of entry because they won't issue you one based on your K1.

From the SSA: https://s044a90.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx...33;opendocument

K3 Timeline - 2006-11-20 to 2007-03-19

See the comments section in my timeline for full details of my K3 dates, transfers and touches. Also see my Vancouver consulate review and my POE review.

AOS & EAD Timeline

2007-04-16: I-485 and I-765 sent to Chicago (My AOS/EAD checklist)

2007-04-17: Received at Chicago

2007-04-23: NOA1 date (both)

2007-05-10: Biometrics appointment (both - Biometrics review)

2007-06-05: AOS interview letter date

2007-06-13: AOS interview letter received in mail

2007-07-03: EAD card production ordered

2007-07-07: EAD card received! (yay!)

2007-08-23: AOS interview (Documents / Interview review)

2007-08-23: Green card production ordered!!!

2007-08-24: Welcome notice mailed!

2007-08-27: Green card production ordered again... ?

2007-08-28: Welcome notice received!

2007-09-01: Green card received!

Done with USCIS until May 23, 2009!

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Canada
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I keep reading that people don't receive their mail from USCIS or the SSA without their names being on the mailbox. Our names have never been on our mailbox, and we have received all our mail from USCIS.

"THE SHORT STORY"

KURT & RAYMA (K-1 Visa)

Oct. 9/03... I-129F sent to NSC

June 10/04... K-1 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

July 31/04... Entered U.S.

Aug. 28/04... WEDDING DAY!!!!

Aug. 30/04... I-485, I-765 & I-131 sent to Seattle

Dec. 10/04... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport stamped)

Sept. 9/06... I-751 sent to NSC

May 15/07... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Sept. 13/07... N-400 sent to NSC

Aug. 21/08... Interview - PASSED!!!!

Sept. 2/08... Oath Ceremony

Sept. 5/08... Sent in Voter Registration Card

Sept. 9/08... SSA office to change status to "U.S. citizen"

Oct. 8/08... Applied in person for U.S. Passport

Oct. 22/08... U.S. Passport received

DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!!

KAELY (K-2 Visa)

Apr. 6/05... DS-230, Part I faxed to Vancouver Consulate

May 26/05... K-2 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

Sept. 5/05... Entered U.S.

Sept. 7/05... I-485 & I-131 sent to CLB

Feb. 22/06... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport NOT stamped)

Dec. 4/07... I-751 sent to NSC

May 23/08... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Mar. 22/11.... N-400 sent to AZ

June 27/11..... Interview - PASSED!!!

July 12/11..... Oath Ceremony

We're NOT lawyers.... just your average folks who had to find their own way!!!!! Anything we post here is simply our own opinions/suggestions/experiences and should not be taken as LAW!!!!

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Mexico
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I live in a low-income area with apartment buildings filled with renters. There's NO WAY they'd leave something from SSA in my box.

However, in my mother's lovely, high-income suburb, that wouldn't be a problem. The postal carrier even delivers mail to her house that's been incorrectly addressed.

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I keep reading that people don't receive their mail from USCIS or the SSA without their names being on the mailbox. Our names have never been on our mailbox, and we have received all our mail from USCIS.

Please, let us not get into this particular argument again! :D

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Hmmm...I didn't know that this was an old argument!

Yet another thing that this newbie isn't apprised of!

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Hmmm...I didn't know that this was an old argument!

Yet another thing that this newbie isn't apprised of!

I'll sum it up quickly. If you don't put your name on your mailbox you have a risk of not getting your greencard. Its a small risk, but a risk nonetheless. Then someone chimes in: Well I didn't put my name on my mailbox and got everything fine! To which the answer is: Yes, some people will be fine, others however are not so lucky. Is it really worth the chance of not getting your green card for doing something that takes 2 seconds (or in your case 4-5 days).

That debate recently raged for 8 pages or so over the AOS forum.

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