Changing name on ss card

[silverbear 0]

Hi everyone,

My fiancée and I will be getting married next Friday 3/22. We registered her for a social security card this week. I asked the woman at the SSA office what the process was to change my fiancée's name on her SS card after we get married. She said we have to notify INS of her name change before we go back to the SSA office. Is she correct? According to the K-1 flow chart it just says we need to return to the SSA office with her card and the marriage certificate to change her name on her SS card.

[Brady&Aija 1]

We just got married 02/21/13 and had a social before we got married. All we did was take the marriage certificate, passport, and existing card up there and they sent it back in less than 2 weeks.

[Cathi 5,837]

It is USCIS, not INS, hasn't been INS for many years, and you just need to go to SS office for the name change with your marriage certificate and passport..

[silverbear 0]

Thank you.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hi everyone,

My fiancée and I will be getting married next Friday 3/22. We registered her for a social security card this week. I asked the woman at the SSA office what the process was to change my fiancée's name on her SS card after we get married. She said we have to notify INS of her name change before we go back to the SSA office. Is she correct? According to the K-1 flow chart it just says we need to return to the SSA office with her card and the marriage certificate to change her name on her SS card.

As usual the SS office people know nothing but that does not stop them from telling you BULLSH*T

There IS NO "INS". This is the first clue they are full of sh*t

You do not have to do anything. File for your AOS, (green card) in the married name. When she has her green card in the married name, go back to the SS office, see if you can find someone that knows what they are doing (good luck) and change the name on her SS card. They will also update her status in their files to "Legal Permanent Resident"

That's it. Stay away from dealing with anyone in the government as much as possible. Try to get your answers here or by reading the guides available from the SS office online or at this site. Human beings at these offices rarely know anything about dealing with immigrants. Don't waste your time asking them

It is USCIS, not INS, hasn't been INS for many years, and you just need to go to SS office for the name change with your marriage certificate and passport..

Yeah, first clue they have no idea what they are talking about.

Actually the first clue is that they are the clerk at the SS office, second clue is when they make stuff up out of thin air.

[silverbear 0]

Thank you for the replies. Two more questions:

1) I should wait until she has her green card before we go back to SS to change her name on the card, or can we do that before she files for AOS?

2) Is there a form that we need to fill out at the SS office in order to change her name?

Thank you...

[X Factor 1,113]

Thank you for the replies. Two more questions:

1) I should wait until she has her green card before we go back to SS to change her name on the card, or can we do that before she files for AOS?

2) Is there a form that we need to fill out at the SS office in order to change her name?

Thank you...

Use the same form that you originally applied for the SSN for the name change. I was told by the social security agent after he spoke to his supervisor that I needed to bring the GC along with marriage license to get the name change for the SS card.

[Dave&Roza 748]

Thank you for the replies. Two more questions:

1) I should wait until she has her green card before we go back to SS to change her name on the card, or can we do that before she files for AOS?

2) Is there a form that we need to fill out at the SS office in order to change her name?

Thank you...

You can try, but it sounds like the people at your local SSA office are brain dead and do not know their own rules. I would go to the local office with the old SSC, Certified copy of the Marriage Certificate, and ID that proves who you are and ID that proves age. Complete the SS-5 form to get the name changed. I would note the location, time, how long you wait, and the name of the person you speak to and any supervisors. This is so that you can e-mail the main SSA office on their website to report that you have a SSC in your maiden name and want to change it using the Marriage Certificate, but the nim-rods at your local SSA office gave you the run around. Try to remember what they told you. You should get an e-mail that will educate the people at the locat SSA office.

Think of it this way: Say I am a female USC who just got married and I go into the SSA office with my old SSC and Marriage Certificate to get the last name changed. Do you think they will ask about my immigration status or say that I have to be updated in theSAVE database and that the USCIS must have the same last ame as what I am changing it to? No, all IDs have my maiden name and I am trying to change it with the SSA. What do I do? I use my maiden name on any ID and my Marriage Certificate. Why should it be any different for a LPR? It is not. It is just too many employees at the SSA think it is.

Good Luck,

Dave

Edited March 17, 2013 by Dave&Roza