Should we wait until green card arrives before getting a new social security card?

[nakuke 13]

My wife arrived in December wiht her K-1 Visa. After manual verification, her SS card finally arrived with her maiden/passport name and "Valid for work only with DHS authorization". 

 

Of course we cn go to the SS office with the marriage certificate to get a new card with ehr new married name; question is, if we did that, would it still continue to say  "Valid for work only with DHS authorization"? I feel that if it continues to say that, she would have to show her to an employer EAD every time even after she gets her green card.

 

Should we just wait until after the green card is issued?

[geowrian 22,335]

Yes, it would continue to have that text up until you get a new one as a green card holder or US citizen.

 

As for being worth it or not to get a new card, it depends on what's important to you. In my state, for example, the DMV will only issue a license in the name if it matches the SS card and my wife wanted the license in her married name (since it's a good form of ID for other purposes).

Edited January 26, 2019 by geowrian

[K1visaHopeful 2,655]

46 minutes ago, nakuke said:

 

 

Of course we cn go to the SS office with the marriage certificate to get a new card with ehr new married name.

You might be misunderstood. Most times you will be denied a new SSN in the married name until your legal status changes even if her I94 is still valid. You can try but you will most likely have to wait for her EAD or GC, which ever comes first.

 

46 minutes ago, nakuke said:

question is, if we did that, would it still continue to say  "Valid for work only with DHS authorization"? I feel that if it continues to say that, she would have to show her to an employer EAD every time even after she gets her green card.

They will remove that disclaimer only once she has been approved for her GC.

 

Should we just wait until after the green card is issued?

And yes. You will need her SSN to apply for many things. What name is on it irrelevant. You can change her name on those things after the GC is issued. 

Edited January 26, 2019 by K1visaHopeful

[C90 376]

7 hours ago, nakuke said:

My wife arrived in December wiht her K-1 Visa. After manual verification, her SS card finally arrived with her maiden/passport name and "Valid for work only with DHS authorization". 

 

Of course we cn go to the SS office with the marriage certificate to get a new card with ehr new married name; question is, if we did that, would it still continue to say  "Valid for work only with DHS authorization"? I feel that if it continues to say that, she would have to show her to an employer EAD every time even after she gets her green card.

 

Should we just wait until after the green card is issued?

After she received her GC she can update her SSN and the 'valid for work' sentence will be removed. I got my SSN changed to my married name, just because it's easier with the DMV etc here in PA. As long as she doesn't have her GC yet she'll have to show her EAD anyway to any employer.

As long as her K1 OR I-94 is valid for at least another 2-3 weeks they can not refuse the name change on her SSN, so don't worry about that. Do expect her to go through the manual verification again, I had the exact same situation and had to go through manual verification twice.

[MLR14 37]

I was able to change my name on my SSN with my marriage certificate. This then enabled me to get my driving licence, bank account, credit cards etc. in my married name right away, without having to go through and change them later. My AOS application is still pending, but I changed the name prior to my I-94 expiring.  

 

As to showing EAD card to an employer, I'm pretty sure most employers will require this either way when they employ someone who isn't a US citizen, to show you can work for them legally.

Edited February 1, 2019 by MLR14

[edoginasia 22]

In Hawaii, we were able to get SS card easily in Maiden name and arrived in mail quite quickly..30 days after applied.

After we were married and received Marriage Certificate(arrived 40 days after wedding ceremony and applied 3 days after wedding)  we went to DMV to get ID or Drivers Permit..denied due to SS card in Maiden name.

We were told to go to SS to change name first.  SS could not do anything because we filed AOS and was in Pending...

Visa is expired now..so we have to wait for receipt of AOS  and wait for SS to be able to change name from after Pending..

This thread is good..wish we saw it earlier..and applied for Drivers Permit when she first arrived, before things expired.

Edited February 2, 2019 by edoginasia