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This could include stamped passport pages showing travel together and/or visits

OP, just to clarify that you understand that 'unenforceable' means that so far, the US government has not used that contract to seek repayment from sponsors of public funds or resources used by immigrants.  
 
This in no way means that the criteria on that form cannot be used by a consular officer to deny a K-1 visa using the public charge inadmissibility.  It can, at the discretion of the interviewing officer.
 
 

I know processing times decreased on their website but only a minuscule amount of petitions get approved faster than 6 months. Your estimate of 50% of petitions being approved within 5.5 months is way too generous and optimistic, even with COVID situation improving in the US. I would always count on the higher processing time (8 months) to keep expectations low and not get disappointed/frustrated.

He already applied for the k1, thus he already spent the money. Additionally, not everyone has the freedom of travel right  now to leave/enter another country to get married.
 
To the OP- please complete your timeline as you can search more easily for those who applied alongside you and it helps keep things more accurate on the site- thanks!

After accidentally posting in the 2020 thread...I’m here! 😂 NOA2 July 7th. Woop woop 🙌🏻 

There has been always a risk associated with not adjusting the status in timely manner.  Many do not take it too seriously because the chance of getting caught is slim and you, unluckily, just happen to be in this slim chance.
 
To have a good sleep, many  people in VJ advise to file as soon as possible as you never know you can be in bad situation.

Ugh, yet another idiot SSA worker. They know NOTHING about immigration and should stop trying to advise on anything immigration related. They need to focus on learning their own SS jobs.
As a K-1 entrant, you are legal alien allowed to work and therefore eligible for an SSN right after entry. You can use the I-94 up until it has 2 weeks left before it expires. To avoid hassles and delays, it is suggested to apply for the SSN in your maiden name so it matches the name on your I-94, passport and visa. You can apply in your maiden name even if you already married. Then apply for AOS in your married name, and go back and change the name on the SSN when you receive the EAD in your married name.
You can NEVER change into a K-3 from a K-1. Getting married does NOT make you ineligible to receive an SSN using your I-94 as a K-1 entrant. You can print out the SSA's own info about a K-1 being a legal alien allowed to work, found in the guide > http://www.visajourney.com/content/ssn
~ Moved from K-1 Process to Social Security Numbers - topic about SSN~

Unless I read wrong, this has nothing to do with the OP's question. The question is about obtaining a SSN.
OP, as far as I know, there are two scenarios for getting your SSN after entry on K1
1. Apply for one before you are married
2. Apply for one after you obtain your EAD (work authorization)
I have not heard of anyone getting a SSN after marriage but before getting EAD.

How does my fiancé(e) obtain a Green Card?

If your fiancé(e) entered on a K-1 Visa, the marriage must take place within ninety days of your fiancé(e)’s arrival in the U.S.
Once married, your spouse will be eligible to apply for Lawful Permanent Residence. File an I-485 (adjustment of status) application with Immigration. The adjudication of ‘marriage adjustment’ cases can vary from several months to several years depending on various factors.
Both you and your spouse will be required to attend an interview with Immigration. At the time of interview, you will need to show proof that the marriage is bona-fide (legitimate). Immigration will review documents, such as address displayed on driver’s licenses, joint bank accounts, tax returns and utility bills.
If you have been married less than two years at the time of interview and the application is approved the immigrant spouse will be issued a temporary/conditional two year green card. After two years, the immigrant is required to file an I-751 to lift the conditional status on the green card and must continue to prove the bona fides of the marriage.
If you are married more than two years at the time of interview a permanent green card is issued.

@geowrian
 
I FIGURED IT OUT! 🎆
 
Okay so I called USCIS again, and I was talking to this lady and of course was being the normal (mis)information line, said can't get a SSN until use EAD blah blah blah, and I this time just finally said, "I'm sorry I have to stop you, you are wrong, you can get a SSN if you are within the first 76 days of your I-94 as your still in good status, and that is exactly what we are trying to do"  and she just responded by saying, yes you are correct.
 
Amazing how she just flipped from saying we can't do it, to I am correct, this is where it all started to get solved,  She gave us the number of all numbers, the holy grail for verification issues, she gave us the verification hotline for SSN's, where the actual applications go to get verified.  Come to find out the verifications that they say take weeks and weeks and weeks, one of the guys who does these verifications told me if you call this number, you can get it done within usually 5 minutes then the SSA can issue the SSN.  
 
Anyway, she gave us the SSN verification hotline number, I called it, it is a little sectioned off part of the DHS that is currently handling all SAVE cases because SAVE doesn't have a designated number.  I called this guy and I swear he was the first person I talked to that just understood everything, he even said, "let me guess you went to SSA, have a K-1 and have been given the run-around with the SSA, and don't have your SSN yet even tho you are eligible and should have it, and you don't have it due to verification issues, and are trying to get them fixed, yeah let me help you out and explain absolutely everything you need to do."  
 
He said I needed to go back to the SSA office tomorrow and basically tell them they need to contact the verification department by this number, and select any of the 3 options just to get to one of the workers,  give them the case ID number, that they got when they generated the application, and he even told me to tell the worker that it is on the tooltip. After giving the case ID number, you will get transferred to the CASE resolution team, this is the actual team that does the verifications on the SSN applications, and he said they will walk the SSA worker through fixing the case, fixing absolutely all verification issues, and everything else, and he said within a matter of 5 minutes.  And then after that call the SSA worker will be able to issue you a SSN, and boom you will be all done.  I can't believe the answer to all of this is that the SSA worker just needs to call this verification hotline portion of the DHS, and the DHS case resolution team will literally tell the SSA worker how to fix it.  
 
This is such a simple solution to something that they try and make seem so difficult.
 
The number we all need, and SSA needs to call for verification problems -  888-464-4218 

Hi everyone. We still haven't gotten an NOA2. We got our NOA1 on Setember 8, 2020, so we're about 3 months overdue. I've filed an inquiry twice. The first time they sent back a form which essentially said "keep waiting" and then when I called USCIS, they told me that that form was a "resolution" and since it resolved the problem, I could not file another inquiry. The inquiry said the issue would be resolved in 30 days (it wasn't), then the form said the issue would be resolved 30 days from the date they sent the form (it wasn't). I reached out to 3 separate congressional representatives (my senator and rep and I happen to work for a rep in another state). 2 of them reached out to USCIS on my behalf but received the same "keep waiting" message in response, promising to resolve the issue "soon." That was about 2 weeks ago. If they don't resolve it in 45 days, we can contact them again. I have had 5 phone conversations with USCIS agents, one of whom escalated me to a tier 2 agent who had no more information than the Tier 1 agents. The Tier 2 agent told me she would transfer me to a supervisor, after which she said "I can't find anyone right now but someone will call you before the end of the day." They never called.
 
I am just at a complete loss. They can't tell me what the hold up is or why it's happening, and I worry that we've been long forgotten about. Of course, there's no way to inform them of this since all of the agents who work at the call center have no actual information and even the information they do have, they're not allowed to tell us. I don't know what to do anymore.

Hi everyone. We still haven't gotten an NOA2. We got our NOA1 on Setember 8, 2020, so we're about 3 months overdue. I've filed an inquiry twice. The first time they sent back a form which essentially said "keep waiting" and then when I called USCIS, they told me that that form was a "resolution" and since it resolved the problem, I could not file another inquiry. The inquiry said the issue would be resolved in 30 days (it wasn't), then the form said the issue would be resolved 30 days from the date they sent the form (it wasn't). I reached out to 3 separate congressional representatives (my senator and rep and I happen to work for a rep in another state). 2 of them reached out to USCIS on my behalf but received the same "keep waiting" message in response, promising to resolve the issue "soon." That was about 2 weeks ago. If they don't resolve it in 45 days, we can contact them again. I have had 5 phone conversations with USCIS agents, one of whom escalated me to a tier 2 agent who had no more information than the Tier 1 agents. The Tier 2 agent told me she would transfer me to a supervisor, after which she said "I can't find anyone right now but someone will call you before the end of the day." They never called.
 
I am just at a complete loss. They can't tell me what the hold up is or why it's happening, and I worry that we've been long forgotten about. Of course, there's no way to inform them of this since all of the agents who work at the call center have no actual information and even the information they do have, they're not allowed to tell us. I don't know what to do anymore.

Hi everyone. We still haven't gotten an NOA2. We got our NOA1 on Setember 8, 2020, so we're about 3 months overdue. I've filed an inquiry twice. The first time they sent back a form which essentially said "keep waiting" and then when I called USCIS, they told me that that form was a "resolution" and since it resolved the problem, I could not file another inquiry. The inquiry said the issue would be resolved in 30 days (it wasn't), then the form said the issue would be resolved 30 days from the date they sent the form (it wasn't). I reached out to 3 separate congressional representatives (my senator and rep and I happen to work for a rep in another state). 2 of them reached out to USCIS on my behalf but received the same "keep waiting" message in response, promising to resolve the issue "soon." That was about 2 weeks ago. If they don't resolve it in 45 days, we can contact them again. I have had 5 phone conversations with USCIS agents, one of whom escalated me to a tier 2 agent who had no more information than the Tier 1 agents. The Tier 2 agent told me she would transfer me to a supervisor, after which she said "I can't find anyone right now but someone will call you before the end of the day." They never called.
 
I am just at a complete loss. They can't tell me what the hold up is or why it's happening, and I worry that we've been long forgotten about. Of course, there's no way to inform them of this since all of the agents who work at the call center have no actual information and even the information they do have, they're not allowed to tell us. I don't know what to do anymore.

Hi everyone. We still haven't gotten an NOA2. We got our NOA1 on Setember 8, 2020, so we're about 3 months overdue. I've filed an inquiry twice. The first time they sent back a form which essentially said "keep waiting" and then when I called USCIS, they told me that that form was a "resolution" and since it resolved the problem, I could not file another inquiry. The inquiry said the issue would be resolved in 30 days (it wasn't), then the form said the issue would be resolved 30 days from the date they sent the form (it wasn't). I reached out to 3 separate congressional representatives (my senator and rep and I happen to work for a rep in another state). 2 of them reached out to USCIS on my behalf but received the same "keep waiting" message in response, promising to resolve the issue "soon." That was about 2 weeks ago. If they don't resolve it in 45 days, we can contact them again. I have had 5 phone conversations with USCIS agents, one of whom escalated me to a tier 2 agent who had no more information than the Tier 1 agents. The Tier 2 agent told me she would transfer me to a supervisor, after which she said "I can't find anyone right now but someone will call you before the end of the day." They never called.
 
I am just at a complete loss. They can't tell me what the hold up is or why it's happening, and I worry that we've been long forgotten about. Of course, there's no way to inform them of this since all of the agents who work at the call center have no actual information and even the information they do have, they're not allowed to tell us. I don't know what to do anymore.

Hi everyone. We have an NOA1 from September 8, 2020 and still have not received an NOA2 or an RFE. I called USCIS and put a case inquiry in exactly one month ago and was assured that "it would be processed within 30 days." As expected, it wasn't. Anyway, now that 30 days have passed (and it's 2 months outside of normal processing times), I am able to call them again. Does anyone have any tips of what to say this time around when I call that might force them to actually process the case? I've also reached out to my representative and senator who should contact them as well. Thanks.

Hi everyone. We have an NOA1 from September 8, 2020 and still have not received an NOA2 or an RFE. I called USCIS and put a case inquiry in exactly one month ago and was assured that "it would be processed within 30 days." As expected, it wasn't. Anyway, now that 30 days have passed (and it's 2 months outside of normal processing times), I am able to call them again. Does anyone have any tips of what to say this time around when I call that might force them to actually process the case? I've also reached out to my representative and senator who should contact them as well. Thanks.

I just got an automated e-mail from USCIS about when I called them on April 29th to tell them our case was outside normal processing times. It starts with the line 'recent inquiry' but this was nearly a month ago. I have no idea why I'm getting it now. (our NOA1 is from September 8th, so we should have gotten the NOA2 at the beginning of April, but up to now, we haven't heard anything).

Our NOA1 is from 9/08. 245 days have passed, still haven’t heard anything, not an NOA1 or RFE. I’ve called USCIS once due to the case being ‘outside normal processing times.’ If we don’t get an update by May 27th I’ll be able to call again. Not sure if it’ll do any good (they just put a note on the case), but makes me feel like I’ve done something. It’s incredibly frustrating but know that you’re not alone. 

We got approved right now! I could cry. I am so happy. 
 
NOA 1: 9/21
RFE: 9/14
NOA 2: 5/10
 
Now on to Sydney we go! 

If you repeatedly just say 'technical support' no matter what the robot says, it'll eventually put you through to a human. I did this last week and was able to get a live person with only about 15 seconds of hold time; not sure if that's normal or not, as I've only done it once.

There is an iOS app called CaseTracker that I was using, its ad supported and was what a lot of users were using.

I recently wrote a little application that does the searches with minimal input and fetches the results for me.  It takes the whole process down to a few minutes waiting for me to get the data.
You have to be a bit careful though since sending many requests does constitute a DDoS attack, but the worst thing would be a nominal slap on the wrist (24 hour IP ban)  I don't get nearly enough data from them daily for it to be a problem.

In other news got the NOA2 today (7 months 6 days)! Timeline updated, waiting for the next step; but I will try to continue posting daily (or every other day) updates until the month hits about 60-70% clearance or if it slows to a crawl. Which I forecast to be another month or so of updates.
 

That's how I felt when I saw that others with the same date as mine, were being approved before me. There seems to be little logic to how it's all done, sometimes. 
I agree with you regarding the "relationship is just a packet of paper". It's definitely NOT an easy feeling knowing that your relationship and future, are in the control of unseen persons. I had such a hard time dealing with the lack of control over the ongoing process, this past year. It was the most difficult year I've ever had to deal with. 
 
Just know that it WILL be your turn soon.  

Someone in a September Filers group I am in complied some data on Sept 1- 25. And basically they seem to be moving, but slowly.
 
Also, I feel you on that too. It feels so frustrating that your entire relationship is just a series of papers.  That they dont get to see how much you really do love this person. . Im sure you will get it if not this week, next week. I know some people who got their texts dated for the 7th month mark, but it didnt get sent to them until 2 days later. 

My fiance has told me to stop checking so much. But I have every nightmare scenario going through my mind. That I just need some reassurance to mellow out.