US Immigration from Brazil

Anyone have tips for moving companies. We're going from Brazil to USA. Depending we may bring just boxes and suitcases or if we find a real deal, we may choose to bring furniture.

Thank you!

Wife submitted a form SS-5 (application for SSN) as a legal alien allowed to work.

They required:

1. Evidence of age, usually with a birth certificate but also stated that "some of the other documents we may accept are:...Passport." Wife sent her Brazilian passport with photocopies of all pages of the passport through the mail to our local SSA office. She received her passport back in the mail in April, but they kept the photocopies.

2. Evidence of identity, listed are US driver's license, US state-issued ID (non-driver's license), or US passport. She isn't eligible for the first 2 in our state because she has no SSN and can't get the 3rd because she isn't a US citizen. However, she does have her permanent resident (green) card, which was issued by the US, shows her photo as well as DOB. She sent the original of this in with photocopies of the front and back. Received the original card back in the mail with her Brazilian passport but they kept the photocopies of her green card.

She was also informed that she needed to send in the original and photocopies of our marriage certificate since she gained permanent residence through marriage to me. We sent in the original marriage certificate and photocopy, again they sent back the original but kept the photocopy. To be thorough, we included her I-94 and arrival/departure record too, to demonstrate proof of her legal presence, but they returned those to us.

I spoke with a customer service person before sending the package and she told me we had more than enough for her SSN, AND that the permanent residence card, since it is issued by the US, is proof of identity for the SSA.

Wife got a rejection letter in the mail today saying that:

"We cannot issue you a SSC at this time because: you have not given us the document(s) we need to show identity."

W T F ?!?!?! The green card is literally the ONLY THING SHE CAN SHOW that confirms her identity because SHE CAN'T GET A STATE ID WITHOUT A SSN!!! Augh! So frustrating.

Has anyone encountered this kind of problem before? Do I just call them Monday and explain what they did wrong?

Not sure if I am posting this in the right area. However, I have a friend in California that has a wife from Mexico and he filed a petition for her sister about six years ago. He was told that the waiting period is about 19 years. He wants to know what the wait time is for a US citizen to bring a sibling from Mexico. Does anyone have information on this? Thank you.

Hi Friends,

Can USA-based 401k be used as assets?

A little background - I have foreign-earned income and my job will not continue in the US.

But I do have a 401K account in the US. Would that help?

Thanks,

Hi guys,

I'm a new US citizen and changed my first name, and right now I'm waiting on my passport to get here with my original naturalisation paper so I can get a new DL, SS card, etc. I also got a new job and need to bring two types of ID on my first day. Should I take a copy of my naturalisation paper and my current ID even tho the names don't match and explain the situation? What does one do in this scenario?