Gerard

Hi,
My wife an I have just moved to NJ, from Australia.
My wife is on an L1 VISA, and I am on an L2 (as the spouce).

We've been in NJ now for only 1 week.

We're going to be applying for our SSN's this Friday - but I'm unsure how to answer the question 3 regarding status.
There seem to be 4 options.
1 - US Citizen
2 - Legally here - and can work...
3 - Legally here - and can't work
4 - other...

My wife is obviously #2, as she's on the L1 VISA, via intra company transfer.

I think that I'd have to put #3, because I don't have an EAD work authorization yet? But i believe that they won't issue me a SSN if I select #3, without me providing something from another US department saying that I need one...

I have no idea how to proceed from here, as I don't want to tick #2, as this is probably incorrect, and will likely cause me all sorts of problems.. and if I tick #3, then I may as well not bother applying for one at all, because I don't have some other document they're interested in.

If anyone else, has experience, in the order in which SSN's and EAD's should be applied for, then I'd really appreciate knowing about the experience...

cheers.
Gerard.