big mike

Good news for me - my wife got her social security card yesterday. We're excited, now she can get her driver's license and it will be much easier to open a bank account for her now (and work if she choses to do that). thanks everyone!

Definitely going to the SSA office tomorrow with my wife. Called SSA and at least spoke with someone courteous and professional. They told me they couldn't answer any questions about my situation, that we'd have to do it in person. I don't know if that's true or not, but now I'm 0-2 with the SSA call center, so we'll go in person to the local office armed with the information I learned from USCIS. thanks! Mike

Thanks for both of your responses. I called USCIS using the link you provided me. They were MUCH more helpful than SSA - the two people I spoke with were friendly and educated. They weren't able to find her using the A#, but they had success with the I-94 Departure #. They told me that they sent a response to SSA on September 8, electronic and mailed response. I will use this information with SSA - I'll call again and if that's isn't helpful I'll go into the local office.

Guys, its been almost four weeks and my wife hasn't received her Social Security Card. I called the SSA call center yesterday, and after the wait (which I expected) the phone representative was worthless. He offered absolutely no help and said things like "maybe your application was lost". He sounded very uneducated - almost like a homeless person that one would encounter on the street. I honestly didn't expect that poor of a customer experience. Anyway, tomorrow we'll go into our local SSA office and see if that gets us anywhere. I tried searching the USCIS website for information on the verification process between SSA and USCIS and didn't find any useful information. If anyone has advice for me, please fire way. thanks Mike

Guys, thanks for the quick responses - as usual, this forum is awesome.

All, I brought my fiance to America (from China) on July 11, 2009. We legally married in the U.S. on August 13, 2009. I will be sending in the AOS this weekend. Here is my question (short version). We submitted her SSN application at the Social Security Office today (August 21, 2009) and we were told that her identity was not matched in the system and it would be 2 - 4 weeks until we should expect to receive her SSN card in the mail. Does that sound right to anyone? What should I do? Longer version here: I have waited to apply for her SSN until after we were married - assuming that I could apply for her SSN and do a name change (her taking my last name) at the same time. Upon submitting the application at the Social Security Office, they informed me that if we submitted the application with her married name, that it would not match her name in the system - therefore we submitted the application with the same name on her Passport and Birth Certificate and will change her name later. Does that sound like we took the right approach to not change her name yet?

All, thank you for the congratulations. My fiancee and I are having a chinese wedding ceremony on July 9 and then she's flying home with me on July 11. We are both extremely excited..

My fiancee had her interview this morning. She was only asked two questions - how did she meet me, and what is my occupation. She showed him my notarized Evolution of Relationship Letter, my passport (I was here in person) and my brothers passport (my brother lives in China and I met my fiancee through him - they are good friends). They did not even look at her photo book, the interview was less than one minute. I had gone into the consulate on Monday and Tuesday to have two relationship letters notarized. We are very close in age, she speaks good english (she did her interview in english). We used a visa consultant in the consulate building that was helpful. This website has been very helpful, I will be back online later to answer any questions or provide more detail. Thank you!!! I'm the happiest man in the world right now!!!