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Call your nearby SS office. Tell them that you asked for your SSN in your EAD form but haven’t received it. They will check if there is something on the system. If not, you will have to go there. They should give you an appointment. Bring your EAD and another ID. that’s about it

Yeah, you will get several status update after this one. One of them will contain the USPS tracking number for the card.

Yup! Congratulations!!

Hi, You may try: https://www.dhs.gov/case-assistance My brother (similar EAD situation different underlying petition though) got his EAD few days after writing them. In order to receive help from them you must: -Be outside of your normal processing time -Have contacted UsCiS regarding your case -Have another compelling reason (my brother used hardship) When asking for assistance, try to “add drama” to the petition. Like you are in a very stressful situation by not being able to work and help the family income. it is not a 100% success option but I have seen a lot of people receiving their documents/approving petitions after contacting them. I believe it is worth to try

There have been a lot of interview waiver for family based AOS recently. If you filed your I-485 with medicals or send it later, it may be your approval. I got the same confusion when I got mine 🤓. Congratulations!

You need to call your local office (or any office in your nearby surroundings). Ask for the status of it and if they don’t have any info, try to make an appointment. When I did my SS process, I called all the offices in a 30 miles radius close to me (Miami - Fort Lauderdale Area) and picked up the one with the less waiting time. If you can’t get any info from your local office or the national service center, you are forced to do the line.

My apologies then. Just got lost in the context after the several replies in the thread. I believe the OP’s question start from a fallacy regarding the AOS from tourist visa. In my point of view and experience, US (immigration system?) doesn’t hate AOS from tourist visa. It may be more difficult than other AOS, but I don’t see “hate” . Now VJ forums, another story

there is one thing.. I didn’t ask for I-130. I submitted a I-824 to notify NVC that I was applying for a follow to join benefit since my wife was a EB2 holder. And I was already DQed by NVC, waiting for my visa interview. If you adjust status, you are abandoning that process in the eyes of NVC. No matter the outcome. Well, my wife did it and it worked (in her interview). At the end of the day, whatever worked for me, may not work for you. I’m just trying to share my experience.

You said it: strong ties to their home country. That’s not always the case. We left our home country more than a decade ago and have been living/working in different countries during this period. She got a job offer in the US and during the PERM process, she took an unpaid leave from her job. We have a couple of houses in the US so she came here and stay it as tourist until they approved the PERM and submitted the I-140/I-485. She went to the AOS interview and the officer didn’t ask much about it. My case was a little bit different since I was working on rotating schedule all around Middle East. For me it had more sense the consular processing back then since I was working. That changed during COVID. So now I have a wife living in the US and with all the delays during the consular processing, that’s a “reason” to ask for AOS. Now, that’s why your backstory is important. If you have a stable job, house and everything back home, yeah, you are right. But there are cases out there, like mine.

The risks? Taking into consideration my case, if the AOS wasn’t approved, would be going back to square one because I abandoned my consular processing. As per the lawyers, in the probable case of an AOS interview (which didn’t happen), they may ask you why you did AOS and that backstory is your reason. As per them is plausible

I’m gonna add my 2 cents here since this is a topic that generates a lot of heat. I did my AOS from a B2 visa with a pending consular processing (DQ waiting for interview). The B1/B2 was renewed while waiting for consular processing Most of the people here are right. Adjusting from tourist visa has a lot of risk but it doesn’t make it automatically “fraud” My wife got her GC through EB2 (AOS from B2 visa also) back in August 2018 and immediately we requested consular processing in Mexico (I-824 to NVC). Travelled back & forward to the US between 2018 and 2020. My tourist visa expired in July 2020 and I was able to renew it in March 2021. No question asked about my consular processing. Came to the US and asked my lawyers about any alternative to the consular processing. They immediately suggested the AOS. I was reluctant but then they showed me all their cases and results (it is a pretty fancy law firm in South Florida) It is something more common that I thought, but you need some kind of backstory, like mine (married before my wife applied for her GC, years of waiting, USCiS - NVC delays, months of separation, etc) I submitted my AOS in September 2021 and got my GC in January 2022. So yes, it is doable but with risks involved.

Regarding your Combo Card.. if your EAD says in the front “serves as I-512 advance parole”.. yes, you can travel . You won’t get a AP card. Next step is the GC

If you selected the box in the I-765 for the SSN, you should get around 10 business days. If you don’t get it, call your nearby SS office and ask if they have your info. If not, you will have to do an appointment and do the process manually. For your reference, my brother got his EAD (through TPS) and 3 days later his SS

Not sure about that. It heavily depends of the consulate/embassy who will process your case after NVC. For example, I’ve been DQ since January 2021 and still receiving emails from Ciudad Juárez consulate that my case is queue. I ended up adjusting status and received my GC few months back

It could be few weeks If everything goes well.