Interview help!

[IRISHROVER89]

Hello everyone! I just received an email this morning stating that my ds-260 was complete and my wife and I are moving on to the interview portion. I have a couple of questions here. The first one is in regards to a portion of the email that I am confused about, it states,
"However, before applicants in a numerically limited (preference) visa category can receive an appointment, their priority date must also be current."
At the bottom of that email it says our priority date is April 18, 2016, which was the day my I-130 was received by uscis. I have no idea what the helk this means? Is my date current? I really have no clue.
Also, how long did it take for everyone to receive their interview dates?
If it is any interest to anyone, I am in upstate New York and my wife is in Montreal, Quebec.

Thanks again everyone!

[rayb]

Irish Guy

If you are a U.S. citizen, your Priority Date is current.

--Ray B

Hello everyone! I just received an email this morning stating that my ds-260 was complete and my wife and I are moving on to the interview portion. I have a couple of questions here. The first one is in regards to a portion of the email that I am confused about, it states,
"However, before applicants in a numerically limited (preference) visa category can receive an appointment, their priority date must also be current."
At the bottom of that email it says our priority date is April 18, 2016, which was the day my I-130 was received by uscis. I have no idea what the helk this means? Is my date current? I really have no clue.
Also, how long did it take for everyone to receive their interview dates?
If it is any interest to anyone, I am in upstate New York and my wife is in Montreal, Quebec.

Thanks again everyone!

[IRISHROVER89]

Irish woman actually hahah, but yes I am a US citizen and my wife is a Canadian citizen. Thank you for your help.

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I have another questions actually. When my wife receives her packet and we go to the port of entry with it, is she able to work immediately?

[rayb]

At the Port of Entry, your wife will receive an annotation in her passport (I-551) allowing her temporary proof of immigrant status, with the right to work and travel outside the U.S. and return. She will need her SSN to legally work, however.

--Ray B

Irish woman actually hahah, but yes I am a US citizen and my wife is a Canadian citizen. Thank you for your help.

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I have another questions actually. When my wife receives her packet and we go to the port of entry with it, is she able to work immediately?

[newacct]

She doesn't need to have gotten an SSN to start work; she just needs to have applied for it.

[IRISHROVER89]

Thanks for the help everyone! When can she apply for her social security card?

[rayb]

Tell that to the prospective employer. He can't start his payroll paperwork without an SSN.

--Ray B

She doesn't need to have gotten an SSN to start work; she just needs to have applied for it.

[newacct]

Tell that to the prospective employer. He can't start his payroll paperwork without an SSN.

--Ray B

If you are talking about the W-2 reports to IRS, yes they can.

[Adrian Gruber]

If you are talking about the W-2 reports to IRS, yes they can.

Both Rayb and Newacct are correct.
In order for your wife to seek gainful employment she will need to go to her nearest Social Security Office and apply for her SS # and Card.
She can request a letter from Social Security stating she has applied for her # and Card.
Upon hire if she has not recieved her card yet she can show the letter as proof to her perspective employer and get processed in.
In the event that she does not begin that process then NO she would be un-hireable. As a SS # is part of the I-9 process and is needed as ID.