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6 minutes ago, Hypnos said:

No, people don't get issued two numbers at the same time. When they came to issue the second one, they would see the first already happened and so you wouldn't get another one.

 

If, by some perfect storm they did receive two SSNs with two different numbers, a visit to your nearest SSA office would be able to sort that out. But it's highly unlikely it would happen.

That is great to know. Thank you so much!

5 minutes ago, Hypnos said:

It's a ####### shoot whether or not you actually automatically receive an SSN after checking the box on that form. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't.

 

Going to see them in-person is probably the best way forward.

 

It would not surprise me if the partial shutdown is responsible, since parts of DHS are shut down.

Got it, thanks for the advice. I am just worried if we go to the local SSA office and apply and then the DS-260 did actually go through, if that will affect his ability to get a SSN or just delay things more. 

7 hours ago, Shodan's Faery said:

Hi, my husband arrived on 11/22/18 - we are CR1. On the DS-260 we did check that he would like to apply for a SSN. On his papers it directly states to contact the SSA if his card doesn’t arrive within 3 weeks of arrival. 3 weeks passed so we called the SSA - they said the wait has turned to 6 weeks. Today marks the 6th week and we still have not received his SSN in the mail.

 

We plan on calling again today but I’m afraid that they’ll up the waiting time even longer. We wanted to avoid the SSA office but if that’s the only way to expedite the process we will go. Is this a normal waiting time after applying for it with the DS-260? Would it be any faster if we just go to the office? His green card came immediately - around 2 weeks after arrival.

We are experiencing the same thing, unfortunately. I just got off the phone with SSA (what a nightmare-- 2 hours on hold!) and got basically nowhere. The rep told me that 6-8 weeks is realistic with all the holidays and the govt. shutdown. 

Hello, 

Asking this question for my husband who entered the USA on 12/13/2018. On the DS-260, we opted for the SSN to be automatically sent upon entry. It says on the SSA site if the SSN is not received within 3 weeks, to inquire further. I just spent 2 hours on hold with SSA to receive no answers and to speak with a very confused representative, so I will ask here and hopefully get some advice.

1. Is the DHS affected by the government shutdown? The representative at the SSA told me this is the cause of the delay in transmitting information from the DHS to the SSA. 

2. My husband received his green card within 2 weeks of entry into the United States, however, still no SSN on week 3. 

I figured it would take longer than 3 weeks, especially with Christmas and New Year holidays, however, he wanted to seek more information and we will go to the local SSA office next week. Should he just wait patiently, and is it normal to receive the green card before the SSN?

Thank you!

As an immigrant am I supposed to get the SSN in the mail or should I apply for one at the office?

I remember reading that it should come automatically but it's been a while since I immigrated and I haven't gotten anything.

Hello everyone~ 

My husband is moving to the USA in 2.5 weeks (finally!!!) and I was hoping to get his health insurance started ASAP so he will be covered when he gets here. I have some questions about using Medical through Kaiser Permanente and was hoping someone on here had experience with this.

My husband is coming on an immigrant visa (CR-1 category) and I know with the affidavit of support, there are legal implications for becoming a "public charge" and using government services. However, I was hoping that healthcare and CoveredCa. is not considered being a public charge if he was to utilize that service. We surely will be accepted because of my income (I'm still at university and work part time), but I don't want to sign him up for anything if it will be violating what is in the affidavit of support. Final question is, will he need to physically be here to enter into a policy? Or can I get the policy set up for him in these days before he arrives? 

Thanks in advance! 

On 10/31/2018 at 7:06 AM, cnhad830 said:

Does anyone have experience with keeping maiden name and adding married name after marriage? 

We don't want to move her maiden name to a middle name or use a hyphen between the two last names.

 

Is she required to sign both names if we do this, can she pick and choose or sign first name initial of maiden name and married name? 

 

 

 

I did just this. Didn't add a hyphen or get rid of my middle name (which is very short, anyway) I just added my husband's last name. I wasn't prepared about having to change my name the date we got our marriage license....but they told me if I didn't change it then, at a later date if I wanted to change it, I would have to go through a legal court process.

I sign my name sometimes with my maiden name and middle names as initials and then my married name, to answer your second question. It should not be a problem. 

On 10/8/2018 at 4:22 AM, mespinoz said:

Hello everyone!

 

So, I realize this question has been addressed in other posts, but I really need some advice here.

 

We are getting ready to file our I-130 petition. I've talked to a few people about evidence to prove that a relationship is bona fide, and everyone has always said to send as many photographs as possible, because it would make the whole process run smoother. Well, we've prepared a photo album loaded with roughly 400 photographs. There are ten photos to a page, so there are about 40 pages total.

 

After reading a few similar threads, I'm now getting a little worried that this is a little overkill. We put a LOT of time into creating this album (it also has timelines, itineraries, tickets, etc.), so it would seem like an awful waste to just send a page or two after all that effort. My question is, would it count against us, or negatively affect our application if I went ahead and just sent the entire album?

 

Thanks for any advice!

 

 

Ehilà! We provided about 40 pictures (prints) in total for our I-130. I think 400 will be way too many, tbh. I totally understand you wanting to be thorough and provide the correct evidence of a bonafide marriage, but photos are only one portion of it. We also included joint bank account statements, 2 affidavits, screenshots of skype logs and call logs, as well as screenshots of Facebook posts involving my husband and me. In total, our petition was pretty thick, but nothing too crazy! I put things in clear sheet protectors and secured them all together at the top hole with one binder ring so it was organised, but not in an actual 3-ring binder. I also got sticky tabs which I numbered and placed on the pages according to the table of contents. 

I am thinking of calling NVC on Monday just to get some info about how long my husband should be waiting for this interview appointment letter. Will they give me any info beyond, "you're in line for an interview." Has anyone called NVC after their CC and what kind of info did they give you? 

3 hours ago, Derik-Lina said:

Congrats! How many Calendar days? 

12 calendar days from 2nd submission of just the passport photo. If we count the day we submitted everything initially, it was 16 calendar days. 

6 hours ago, Mrs Prestige said:

visa in hand💃💃💃💃

 

Let the packing and count down begin....

Hubby so excited,  he keep saying I cant wait to see u, asking what I want him to cook for me before my arrival in the states...

 

Congratulations!!! Best wishes! 🤩

Got a CC this morning at 5:50 am (California). First email received was one saying there was an updated status. The next email to arrive immediately was informing us of being "documentarily qualified" and that NVC would be working with Naples consulate. 

18 minutes ago, Derik-Lina said:

Calling is useless too. I have called every two or three days to hear I must wait 3 weeks. 

I am doing the same things too! I guess I'm hoping the more I call and pester them, maybe they'll just expedite the process so they won't have to get my calls anymore! 🤣

16 minutes ago, Derik-Lina said:

12 days here. I was so excited to have received an email so soon. It was only two days after I had submitted everything. There were 6 emails; each for a document to be rescanned and resubmitted. Everything was "accepted" with the green check mark. Thought I would resubmit and and a CC email would be sent. But, no. The system still shows "submitted". What gets me is that they looked at and accepted everything within two days and have not looked at  what they had requested in 12 days now. 

Sorry to vent, but it s been a very long journey and I can not wait for it to be over soon.

Identical situation here. Tomorrow marks day 12 of re-submission for us. I am praying that we get some news. The process seems so close to being done, yet so far still. 😞

7 minutes ago, LargoRN said:

10 days after rescan of passport biographic page. Still no update.

We're in the same situation!! 

I will be calling NVC this week daily to check because this is just absurd taking this many days to review ONE picture, when my other docs were all approved after 4 days. 

Just now, MKal said:

What time of the day does CEAC status update? I submitted my docs 10 days ago and I have been checking the website several times during the day and nothing is changing.

Same here. It's quite frustrating. 

When they ask for a resubmission of documents, does the "3 weeks standard wait" restart? Or is it still counting 3 weeks from the original date of submission? 

This wait for the passport photo to be fixed is ridiculous. If it wouldn't have been for this, we would have had a CC within 4 days and likely we would know our interview date by this point. 😫

2 minutes ago, mnk said:

Fresno is full of immigrants of all kinds. I always find it interesting to learn what brings people here.

I believe I saw on MeetUp that there is a British one already, but if you want to start a more general one, that could be interesting.

Hey there! I totally agree! 😀 I feel like I'm even more aware of immigrants now when I see them in Fresno because of being in this process. I would love to get a big group eventually and do a social event (once my husband is here). I'm thinking of the best way to organize things, but I wanted to see if anyone on VJ would add input, so thank you for replying! 

5 minutes ago, MKal said:

How many days did take for you the first time?

It took from Sunday to Thursday only! I'm so disappointed about the passport photo being wrong and having to wait some more. 😣

57 minutes ago, MKal said:

when did you upload your documents?

Everything was uploaded on 9/16 and all our docs got approved already beside the passport bio info page. So, we resubmitted that on Thursday (of last week) and are still waiting for them to clear that one. 

After uploading to CEAC and getting "approved" and green check marks for all documents, is that considered a Case Complete (CC)? About how long should we expect to wait for the case to be forwarded to the consulate and to receive the interview date?

1 hour ago, Hassane elhassane said:

I have a question. Do i have to send an employment letter or just the tax transcript and the pay stubs. I m confused about sending it or not. Thank u.

You can submit the employment letter as extra evidence. I did it, but it's not a required document. I just feel like any extra evidence and thoroughness is better in this process. Good luck!  

9 hours ago, MsKayC said:

Ok thank you! How long did it take for your documents to show accepted?

Took us from Sunday to Thursday. Everything was approved, but my husband's passport bio. info page needed to be rotated. So, we rotated, re-uploaded and are waiting now for a CC.