Hi everyone.

I applied EAD on my maiden name, i know i should have used my married name instead. My question is, if i applied for SSN and state ID, can i apply and use with it my married name and just bring my marriage certificate? Thanks!

Depends on what you want your married name to be, and what is listed on your marriage certificate.

If you just want to change your last name to your husbands and his last name and your maiden name are listed on the marriage certificate, you should be fine.

If you want to change more, make sure the marriage certificate lists your before marriage and after marriage name, so it serves as proof of your name change.

Hi, yes, you can apply for SSN and State ID with your married name just bring your original and photocopy of your marriage certificate, passport and form I-94.

She's been here since February, so her I-94 is no longer of any use to her for being assigned an SSN and if she entered as a K-3 it was never any use to her getting a work authorized SSN.

Only the marriage document (foreign or domestic) is needed if it meets the following criteria:

-- The new name can be derived from the marriage document, i.e. bride takes the groom's last name, groom takes bride's last name, compound name (with or without hyphen) of each spouse's original name for either or both parties.

Note: State law must also allow the type of name change wishing to be made
-- The marriage occurred within the past two years
-- The marriage document shows sufficient identifying information, e.g., biographical data such as age, date of birth or parent's names

You can refer SSA office personnel to EM-06064 for current procedures for a name change due to marriage:

http://tinyurl.com/f7s8l

C. Procedure - Immigration Document as Evidence of Legal Name

When issuing immigration documents, the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security 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, SSA presumes 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.

(This might cause you a problem if the people in the SSA office are aware of it)

RM 00203.210 Changing Numident Name Data:

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203210

This is in addition to proof of current lawful employment authorized status, which would be your EAD card

When requesting an SSN card, the documents presented, as evidence must be either originals or copies certified by the issuing agency. SSA will not accept uncertified or notarized photocopies as evidence.

"If the applicant has no immediate need for the SSN and the translation can be done promptly or the foreign language document is the only evidence available; have the document translated by an authorized translator and use the document as evidence. If the applicant has a pressing need for an SSN, and evidence other than the foreign language document is available; request other evidence and process the application without the foreign language document."

RM 00203.040 Reviewing SSN Evidence:

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203040#B3

GN 00301.340 Authorized Translators Defined:

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0200301340

If a foreign-born person has the foreign birth certificate (BC) in his/her possession or can easily obtain a copy, he or she must submit it as proof of age. When a person is foreign-born, a BC may not exist, may not have been recorded shortly after birth, or the probative value of the document may not be high. In these situations, SSA can accept alternative evidence of age in order of probative value. The alternative evidence of age may be less than a year old, e.g., a DHS document or passport.

You can find detailed information regarding evidence that establishes age on the SSA Website at:

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203110

The documents acceptable as evidence of identity are now based on three factors: (1) the applicant’s age, (2) the applicant’s citizenship/alien status, and (3) the relative probative value of documents.

Primary Evidence of identity for an alien:

-- Form I-766, Employment Authorization card

You can find detailed information regarding evidence that establishes identity on the SSA Website at:

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203200#E

Take the required documents, to the nearest Social Security office. Individuals age 12 or older applying for an original SSN and card must apply in person at one of our offices.

You can obtain the address and directions to the nearest Social Security office from the Social Security Office Locator, which is available on the Internet at:

http://www.ssa.gov/locator

Note: Individuals that live or receive mail in the Brooklyn, NY, Queens, NY and Las Vegas,NV areas must apply in person at a Card Center:

http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/ssa.cf...hp?p_faqid=1412

When an alien requests an SSN or replacement/corrected SSN card, SSA will verify his or her documents and current status with the appropriate Bureau of the Department of Homeland Security. If the initial verification is not available through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system, SSA may need to send Form G-845 for manual verification.

RM 00203.735 Requesting Online (Primary) Verification By SAVE:

http://web.archive.org/web/20051002025945/.../lnx/0100203735

The is probably going to cause you a delay, since the name you are applying with isn't going to be the name in the verification system and I would figure on the G-845 being sent, since I would assume immigration is going to want to see copies of your documents.

For applications submitted after 01/06/2007 SSA offices can submit an additional electronic verification request, that in most cases eliminates the need for a Form G-845 to be sent. However, the response to the additional electronic verification request can be to send copies of the immigration document(s) under cover of Form G-845.

If your status does not verify through the initial SAVE request be sure that the secondary request has been made and return to the SSA office no more than once a week to see if the SSA office has received a response from the secondary verification request. If the G-845 is sent wait two weeks and start checking once a week for a response. Be sure to take your document whenever going into the SSA office.

All cards are mailed from Social Security Headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland to the postal address provided on the application.

Worst case apply in your maiden name and go back for the name change after you receive your I-551 card in I would assume you would apply for that in your married name. Same deal with driver's license, since most state DMVs match the DL application info against the SSN record.

absolutely you can apply SSN and State ID with your married name just bring the original and photovopy of your marriage certificate

SSA has no use for photocopies of any document.

When requesting an SSN card, the documents presented, as evidence must be either originals or copies certified by the issuing agency. SSA will not accept uncertified or notarized photocopies as evidence.

Love it when people become experts after being a member for a couple months. LOL

https://s044a90.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203200
RM 00203.200 Evidence of Identity for an SSN Card

ALIEN: Adult Age 18 and older

2. Secondary Evidence

Marriage document (see RM 00203.200E. and RM 00203.200G.) showing in addition to the applicant’s name either the applicant’s DOB or age

So to only need the marriage certificate and EAD the marriage certificate will need her date of birth or age.

Enumeration: Change in Policy Regarding Acceptable Name Change Documents for a Replacement SSN Card for a Name Change EM-06064:

http://tinyurl.com/yvofhu

Is your greencard also going to be issued in your married name? If you are telling USCIS that your legal name is your maiden name and then telling SSN that your married name is your legal name, then I doubt that SSN will issue you a card in the married name.

Absolutely.

In my own case, the marriage certificate didn't matter. The SSA people kept asking for an immigration document (EAD, GC or a new I-94) with my new name on it, refusing to change my name on the SS card based on the marriage certificate alone. I gave up and just kept using an SS card with my maiden name until I got the green card...