Karla28

I just received a letter from USCIS/DHS today that my fingerprints have to be re-taken.

I am pretty annoyed with that, especially since I read that it can happen that the machine won't recognize my fingerprints again...and again.

Now my question:

Does that mean that my EAD application is on hold also?

Do they need my fingerprints to process my EAD application?

The letter from USCIS says that the appointment for re-taking my fingerprints is for the I-485 only.

Does anyone know?

I am worried that this will delay my EAD...

I want to share my final triumph with you!

I had sent an email through the SSA website asking for information about my situation (after marriage before EAD).

First I received an standarized email. Nothing new.

Then I got an email today from the operations supervisor of the Brooklyn Security Card Center and she told me to call her. She then explained to me that I was right and that I could come back in on Monday to apply for my SSC and told me to aks for her if there are any problems!

As far as I know this office serves whole Brooklyn.

This is what the website says:

"If you live or receive mail in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Queens, N.Y.; Orlando, Fla.; downtown Phoenix, Ariz.; north Phoenix, Ariz.; or Las Vegas, Nev., you must visit a Social Security Card Center to apply for an original or replacement Social Security card."

I don't know if I could also go to the Queens, NY office...

@ fwaguy

You are right. But I still didn't feel comfortable to lie when the clerk asked if I was married.

@ I Quit

Social Security Card Center in Brooklyn. I printed out the OIG and the POMS and showed it to them. But since it doesn't say explicitely that a K-1 person is eligible for a ssn after marriage as long as I-94 is still valid they didn't believe me.

SSA experience part II:

FRUSTRATING! Taking the OIG and POMS I thought I would have enough proof that I can obtain a SSN after marriage but far before day 76 of my I-94 expiration.

Apparently not.

I argued about 15 minutes with the clerk and her supervisor but they were persuaded that since I was married my visa status would be K-3 or at least it wouldn't be K-1 anymore (since I am not a fiancee anymore).

It was so frustrating. They said the expiration of the I-94 would just mean that I had to get married before that date.

At some point I gave up.

So now I have to wait till I get my EAD. Apparently I can start working without SSN and take a receipt to the employer. That is at least something.

If I had known before I just wouldn't have told that I am already married.

Good luck to everyone else!

sorry, I think the adjustment just applies to I-766 and I-688B. Not to the AOS from K-1, right?

Well, actually I did. And I see that the K-1 holder doesn't need specific DHS authorization.

BUT... when I scroll down to section C2 it says on the bottom that adjustment applicants need one.

And after filing AOS I am a adjustment applicant or not?

That would give them right somehow or no...

interesting!

I hate the fact that even the people that work at the SSA don't know too much.

I tried to find some official links to print out, but couldn't find any. Does anyone of you know a good official link?

in any case: thanks so far!

ok, I'll just go again and try again.

...and hope that I will have another officer.

thanks again for your help!

ok, thanks!

I figured it wouldn't be that easy.

But can I still get a SSN even after marriage? The officer said that my K1 was invalid because I got already married...

Or can I just not tell them that I am married already? Wouldn't they somehow find out, though?

sorry, so many stupid question. It is all just so confusing (and doesn't make sense at all!)

Hey there,

I have this little problem and I hope that there is someone in this forum who can help me:

I got married a few days after arriving in the US on a K-1 visa. We filed AOS right the next day in order to receive the EAD as soon as possible. I didn't get a SSN before the marriage and now that the AOS is pending I apparently need the EAD to receive a SSN.

I went to the Social Security Card Center today and one of the officers told me that I can go to the USCIS and ask to get a I 551 stamp in my passport. That would be proof enough (that AOS is penidng) and I could come back to the Social Security Card Center to apply for a SSC even before the EAD arrives.

Does anyone of you know if this is at all possible? I mean, to receive a I 551 stamp just like that?

I'd really appreciate your help or experience since I would like (and need to) start working right when the EAD arrives.

Thank you,

Karla