Jeff

My fiancée arrived on a K-1 visa last week. Today she went to the Social Security
office in LA (West LA Federal Building) and applied for her social security card.
The woman there told her that she'd have to wait 4-6 weeks before she'd get her
card. We had read others' experiences with the SSA and that they were able to call
the SSA 800-number within a week after they applied for ther SSN and get their
number over the phone (before the card arrived in the mail). The woman that "helped"
my fiancée said this wasn't possible because the form had to be forwarded to the INS
and approved or something like that, and she wouldn't be able to get the number
before the card.

We will be calling the 800-number to see if it's possible to get the number sooner
than the 4-6 weeks quoted by the woman at the SSA office, but wondering if anyone has
any experiences or advice on anything we can do to speed this up?

Thanks in advance, Jeff & Viviana

Todd Kari

Don't bother calling Jeff, wait 10 days then walk-in and request a printout of the
SSN to apply for a DL.

    > My fiancée arrived on a K-1 visa last week. Today she went to the Social Security
    > office in LA (West LA Federal Building) and applied for her social security card.
    > The woman there told her that she'd have to wait 4-6 weeks before she'd get her
    > card. We had read
others'
    > experiences with the SSA and that they were able to call the SSA
800-number
    > within a week after they applied for ther SSN and get their number over
the
    > phone (before the card arrived in the mail). The woman that "helped" my fiancée
    > said this wasn't possible because the form had to be forwarded to the INS and
    > approved or something like that, and she wouldn't be able to
get
    > the number before the card.

Studioneil

I've got to do the same thing in about 2 weeks... What's a DL? And what is the
800 number?

Thanks, Neil "Todd Kari" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:#yBr$j53BHA.1028@cpimsnntpa03...
    > Don't bother calling Jeff, wait 10 days then walk-in and request a
printout
    > of the SSN to apply for a DL.
    >
    > > My fiancée arrived on a K-1 visa last week. Today she went to the
Social
    > > Security office in LA (West LA Federal Building) and applied for her social
    > > security card. The woman there told her
that
    > > she'd have to wait 4-6 weeks before she'd get her card. We had read
    > others'
    > > experiences with the SSA and that they were able to call the SSA
    > 800-number
    > > within a week after they applied for ther SSN and get their number over
    > the
    > > phone (before the card arrived in the mail). The woman that "helped" my fiancée
    > > said this wasn't possible because the form had to be forwarded
to
    > > the INS and approved or something like that, and she wouldn't be able to
    > get
    > > the number before the card.

Price

Studioneil wrote:
    >
    > I've got to do the same thing in about 2 weeks... What's a DL? And what is the
    > 800 number?

DL is probably driver's license. The SSA 800 number is on their website

Mike

My K-1 fiancee went into the Social Security office, applied for a card, and got it
in the mail about 10 days later.

Mike

Jeff wrote:

    > My fiancée arrived on a K-1 visa last week. Today she went to the Social Security
    > office in LA (West LA Federal Building) and applied for her social security card.
    > The woman there told her that she'd have to wait 4-6 weeks before she'd get her
    > card. We had read others' experiences with the SSA and that they were able to call
    > the SSA 800-number within a week after they applied for ther SSN and get their
    > number over the phone (before the card arrived in the mail). The woman that
    > "helped" my fiancée said this wasn't possible because the form had to be forwarded
    > to the INS and approved or something like that, and she wouldn't be able to get the
    > number before the card.
    >
    > We will be calling the 800-number to see if it's possible to get the number sooner
    > than the 4-6 weeks quoted by the woman at the SSA office, but wondering if anyone
    > has any experiences or advice on anything we can do to speed this up?
    >
    > Thanks in advance, Jeff & Viviana
    >

Andy Platt

"Jeff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:%[email protected]...
    > My fiancée arrived on a K-1 visa last week. Today she went to the Social Security
    > office in LA (West LA Federal Building) and applied for her social security card.
    > The woman there told her that she'd have to wait 4-6 weeks before she'd get her
    > card. We had read
others'
    > experiences with the SSA and that they were able to call the SSA
800-number
    > within a week after they applied for ther SSN and get their number over
the

You should have also read that there are a number of offices that send off to the INS
and the suggested option is to walk out and go to a different office and try there.
Anyway, the card may arrive pretty soon anyway.

Andy.

--
I'm not really here - it's just your warped imagination.

Michael D. Youn

price wrote:

    > Studioneil wrote:
    > >
    > > I've got to do the same thing in about 2 weeks... What's a DL? And what is the
    > > 800 number?
    >
    > DL is probably driver's license. The SSA 800 number is on their website

1-800-772-1213

Mrs Blackross

I was able to call the SSA 800# two days after applying for my SSN and they gave me
the number over the phone, and the card arrived within 5 business days of me
applying... however, when I applied I had my EAD in hand to prove INS authorization
to work...possibly it's different for a K1. They CAN and DO give you the # over the
phone, though when you go to start work somewhere you need to show the physical card
as proof of legal status. Technically, someone on a K1 visa is work authorized,
(though most drivers licence places and SS offices are ignorant of this) whether you
got "the stamp" or not, which is why she was able to apply for the SSN in the first
place. Don't know why they it would take 4-6 weeks, since by then her k1 will be
approaching expiry and it seems pretty redundant to issue a card for someone AFTER
their visa expires.

--
Crazy Canuck married to a Dam Yankee Entered as Visitor 07/04/01 Married 08/25/01
Filed @ VSC-AOS, EAD, AP 01/07/02 1st NOA 02/06/02 2nd NOA 02/07/02 EAD approved
02/26/02 AP Approved 02/28/02 AOS appointment letter rec'd 03/07/02 Fingerprint
letter rec'd 03/07/02 AOS interview 04/02/02 AOS APPROVED 04/02/02!!! now awaiting
plastic GC in the mail...

some helpful sites on the net:
http://www.mindspring.com/~docsteen/...o/visainfo.htm
http://www.k1faq.com/faq_index.htm
http://www.geocities.com/immigration...-130/index.htm

"Jeff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:%[email protected]...
    > My fiancée arrived on a K-1 visa last week. Today she went to the Social Security
    > office in LA (West LA Federal Building) and applied for her social security card.
    > The woman there told her that she'd have to wait 4-6 weeks before she'd get her
    > card. We had read
others'
    > experiences with the SSA and that they were able to call the SSA
800-number
    > within a week after they applied for ther SSN and get their number over
the
    > phone (before the card arrived in the mail). The woman that "helped" my fiancée
    > said this wasn't possible because the form had to be forwarded to the INS and
    > approved or something like that, and she wouldn't be able to
get
    > the number before the card.
    >
    > We will be calling the 800-number to see if it's possible to get the
number
    > sooner than the 4-6 weeks quoted by the woman at the SSA office, but wondering if
    > anyone has any experiences or advice on anything we can do to speed this up?
    >
    > Thanks in advance, Jeff & Viviana

Michael D. Youn

Mrs Blackross wrote:

    > I was able to call the SSA 800# two days after applying for my SSN and they gave me
    > the number over the phone, and the card arrived within 5 business days of me
    > applying... however, when I applied I had my EAD in hand to prove INS authorization
    > to work...possibly it's different for a K1. They CAN and DO give you the # over the
    > phone, though when you go to start work somewhere you need to show the physical
    > card as proof of legal status. Technically, someone on a K1 visa is work
    > authorized, (though most drivers licence places and SS offices are ignorant of
    > this) whether you got "the stamp" or not, which is why she was able to apply for
    > the SSN in the first place. Don't know why they it would take 4-6 weeks, since by
    > then her k1 will be approaching expiry and it seems pretty redundant to issue a
    > card for someone AFTER their visa expires.

Hi All!

Well in places where they might get a lot of fake documents the office might send off
to INS to verify everything, although they are only supposed to verify something they
suspect is fake. If the people in the Social Security office wanted to they could
call INS and probably verify it right away. Chalk it up to busy, lazy or both.

Check this out for procedure:

RM 00203.720 Detecting Fraudulent INS Documents

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/36f3b...7996090fd3852-
56a51004df598?OpenDocument

Take care,

Mike

Jeff

Yes, now that it's too late, I realize we should have gone to a smaller, less-busy
office to apply where they don't suspect everyone has fake documentation. It's too
bad because my fiancee already had a job offer, and will get another one in a few
days. Don't know if she can hold them off and say "the SSN's in the mail", but I
guess she'll have to try.

Regarding the comment about the DL (Driver's License) -- I read somewhere that
the need for a DL is not sufficient to request a SSN. Anyone else read/hear the
same thing?

Thanks to everyone for your responses. Your feedback is much appreciated.

Regards, Jeff & Viviana

"Andy Platt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > "Jeff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:%[email protected]...
    > > My fiancée arrived on a K-1 visa last week. Today she went to the
Social
    > > Security office in LA (West LA Federal Building) and applied for her social
    > > security card. The woman there told her
that
    > > she'd have to wait 4-6 weeks before she'd get her card. We had read
    > others'
    > > experiences with the SSA and that they were able to call the SSA
    > 800-number
    > > within a week after they applied for ther SSN and get their number over
    > the
    >
    > You should have also read that there are a number of offices that send off to the
    > INS and the suggested option is to walk out and go to a different office and try
    > there. Anyway, the card may arrive pretty soon anyway.
    >
    > Andy.
    >
    > --
    > I'm not really here - it's just your warped imagination.

Michael D. Youn

Jeff wrote:

    > Yes, now that it's too late, I realize we should have gone to a smaller, less-busy
    > office to apply where they don't suspect everyone has fake documentation. It's too
    > bad because my fiancee already had a job offer, and will get another one in a few
    > days. Don't know if she can hold them off and say "the SSN's in the mail", but I
    > guess she'll have to try.
    >
    > Regarding the comment about the DL (Driver's License) -- I read somewhere that
    > the need for a DL is not sufficient to request a SSN. Anyone else read/hear the
    > same thing?
    >
    > Thanks to everyone for your responses. Your feedback is much appreciated.
    >
    > Regards, Jeff & Viviana

Hi All!

I was at Social Security just today and they have tightened the regulation for
issuing non work authorized SSNs. Now you can basically only get a non work
authorized SSN if you are eligible for some type of Federal benefit that requires you
to have a SSN, i.e. Social Security benefits.

Take care,

Mike

Brit_am

price <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
    > Studioneil wrote:
    > >
    > > I've got to do the same thing in about 2 weeks... What's a DL? And what
is
    > > the 800 number?
    >
    > DL is probably driver's license. The SSA 800 number is on their website

Or else come to "Terrorist Friendly Tennessee" where they'll give a driver's license
to anyone who breathes without a social security number. Since late last year, when
the law took effect, there have been bus loads of mainly Mexicans from every state in
the country. Now a TN driver's license is not recognised in some states as a primary
form of ID. What morons the state legislature in Tennessee is.

Mrtravel

brit_am wrote:
    >
    > price <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
    > > Studioneil wrote:
    > > >
    > > > I've got to do the same thing in about 2 weeks... What's a DL? And what
    > is
    > > > the 800 number?
    > >
    > > DL is probably driver's license. The SSA 800 number is on their website
    >
    > Or else come to "Terrorist Friendly Tennessee" where they'll give a driver's
    > license to anyone who breathes without a social security number. Since late last
    > year, when the law took effect, there have been bus loads of mainly Mexicans from
    > every state in the country. Now a TN driver's license is not recognised in some
    > states as a primary form of ID. What morons the state legislature in Tennessee is.

So, without a DL, how do these "Mexicans" get car insurance? Or, do you prefer they
drive around uninsured. I doubt the 9/11 terrorist needed a DL to do what they did.

What does having a SS number have to do with terrorism? You don't need a DL to board
a domestic flight, and, they had passports.

Brit_am

mrtravel <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > brit_am wrote:
    > >
    > > price <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > > > Studioneil wrote:
    > > > >
    > > > > I've got to do the same thing in about 2 weeks... What's a DL? And
what
    > > is
    > > > > the 800 number?
    > > >
    > > > DL is probably driver's license. The SSA 800 number is on their
website
    > >
    > > Or else come to "Terrorist Friendly Tennessee" where they'll give a
driver's
    > > license to anyone who breathes without a social security number. Since
late
    > > last year, when the law took effect, there have been bus loads of mainly Mexicans
    > > from every state in the country. Now a TN driver's license is
not
    > > recognised in some states as a primary form of ID. What morons the
state
    > > legislature in Tennessee is.
    >
    > So, without a DL, how do these "Mexicans" get car insurance? Or, do you prefer they
    > drive around uninsured.

Most of the ones I read about in the public records published in the paper who are
pulled over by the cops don't have insurance.

    > I doubt the 9/11 terrorist needed a DL to do what they did.

Four middle easterners murdered a driver tester in Memphis a couple of months ago in
a drivers' license fraud scheme.

    >
    > What does having a SS number have to do with terrorism? You don't need a DL to
    > board a domestic flight, and, they had passports.
You have to have some form of ID. Some of them got their DLs in Virginia, where it
was even easier than in Tennessee. Virginia changed their laws on getting a DL and
made it less easy.