Have Visa - What Next?

[Hanging On]

My fiancee and her 20 year old son will be arriving soon. Any tips or web references for getting her SS card, drivers license, banking etc set up, and beginning the AOS process?

[dale7570]

My fiancee and her 20 year old son will be arriving soon. Any tips or web references for getting her SS card, drivers license, banking etc set up, and beginning the AOS process?

 

 

read the faq. here is the link. good luck. http://www.candleforlove.com/FAQ/Timelines/Ne...Index_New2.html

[usaRichard]

My fiancee and her 20 year old son will be arriving soon. Any tips or web references for getting her SS card, drivers license, banking etc set up, and beginning the AOS process?

 

Might also want to double check the domicile, here is another CFL guideline.

http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4673

 

Richard

[Richard & Li]

There are some great guidelines and FAQs on CFL. Also, many of us have posted what we actually did. Here's the page mine is on:

 

AOS 2008 info forum

 

I just mailed it a week ago. So, I'm hoping I got it right. Thanks to the good folks here at CFL, I'm pretty confident...

[Richard & Li]

Looking back, I only addressed the AOS part of your question.

 

You should be able to apply for her SSN at the nearest federal SSN admin office. For us, that is only about a mile from our house. Your son will not be able to get a SSN until after the EAD. (The K2 visa does not provide for it.)

 

Depending on her English language fluency and your confidence in her ability to adapt to America traffic patterns and laws, you should be able to take her for the driver's license immediatly after she receives the SSN. (Also individual state laws will apply.)

 

When she has either a driver's license or a state ID, setting her up with a bank account should be no different than anyone else.

 

Best wishes...

[Randy W]

But most states require either EAD or green card before you can get either the state ID or DL

[yuehan123]

Wait a couple of weeks after POE before applying for SSN.

 

The two gov't departments' computers take at least that long for the SS Admin to agree with DOS/DHS that your wife is legally here.

 

As far as DL and ID, at least in Florida, they accepted (as of 2005-2006) the EAD NOA receipt as proof of legal residency for my wife's ID. Later on, I am sure I recall using the AOS NOA for DL. Check your State's motor vehicle web site or driver's handbook.

 

And, like 'they' said: "don't forget to read CFL's FAQ's.

[Guest Rob & Jin]

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