My Fiance used to work in US, and She has had a SSN. She still has the SSN card. Does she still need to apply for new SSN Card or can she use the same SSN?

That is her SSN forever. No need to apply for new one.

Just needs to apply for a corrected card after you get married if she's changing her name.

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203210
RM 00203.210 Changing Numident Data

The applicant may submit either:

One legal name change document showing both the old and new names (e.g., a court order for a name
change or a marriage document. The document must also show either (1) a description or photograph of
the person or (2) biographical information that can be compared with the Numident data; or

When the name change document does not show either a photograph of the person or biographical
information that can be compared with the Numident data, then, in addition to the name change
document, the applicant must also submit two identity documents listed in RM 00203.200E. One of the
submitted identity documents must show the old name (the name on the latest Numident record) AND the
other submitted identity document must show the new name (the name to be shown on the corrected SSN
card). The identity documents submitted must show either a photograph of the applicant or provide
biographical information that can be compared with the Numident data.

a. Bride Takes Groom’s Last Name

In all 50 U.S. States (this means the 50 States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands,
Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa) the bride may take her husband's last name
(surname or family name) as her new last name. (EXAMPLE: Jane Doe married John Jones and she may
change her name to Jane Jones.)

Interim Guidance: If the bride wants to take her husband's last name, accept the marriage document
as a legal name change for the bride if the new name can be derived from the marriage document; even
if the marriage document only shows each partner's first names, the bride's prior surname and
husband's surname. The marriage document alone can be accepted as evidence of identity for both the
old and new names when it meets the criteria described in RM 00203.200G.2.
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http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203200#G2

2. Determine if the ID Document Has Required Information

Ask the applicant to submit one or more documents that show the person's name AND provide:

Biographical information in addition to the person's name that the reviewer can compare with the
data on the SS-5 (e.g., date of birth, age, or parents' names) and/or

Physical information that the reviewer can compare with the applicant (e.g., physical description,
photograph).

NOTE: A non-picture identity document must have the person's name as well as information that can be
compared to the Numident, the applicant or other documents submitted (e.g., age, date of birth, or
parents' names).
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C. Procedure - Immigration Document as Evidence of Legal Name

When issuing immigration documents, the Department of State and DHS issue them in the person's legal
name. The legal name is also generally the name in which the foreign passport was issued.

When an alien applies for an SSN card, presume the name on the immigration document is the legal
name unless the applicant presents evidence of a legal name change (e.g., marriage) that occurred
after the immigration document was issued.

My husband was on a J1 when he got his and they told us that it's his forever!!! If your wife needs to change her name that will be all that changes.



Diana

Well, I guess it is a good thing that I put my fiancé's social on our visa application. At the time, we didn't know whether we should or not, so I did. We thought it would be permanent, but didn't know. Now we do.

Thank You.