Social Security Number

[pcenteno 1]

After the K1 visa was approved and we got married, the work permit was eventually sent to my wife. She also got her social. Yet the social does not work when trying to open up a bank account for her, getting phone service, and also is not recognized by paychex with the new job she just started. Someone said her social is giving an error because the social was used before. Is it true that the USCIS approved my wife to receive a dead person's social security number? Why give her this ssn if she cannot even use it?

[Carpe Vinum 2,310]

The USCIS does not give Social Security numbers. Did she go to the SSA office and apply for a SSN?

[Ayrton 965]

2 hours ago, pcenteno said:

After the K1 visa was approved and we got married, the work permit was eventually sent to my wife. She also got her social. Yet the social does not work when trying to open up a bank account for her, getting phone service, and also is not recognized by paychex with the new job she just started. Someone said her social is giving an error because the social was used before. Is it true that the USCIS approved my wife to receive a dead person's social security number? Why give her this ssn if she cannot even use it?

Make sure she enters the name exactly how it's in the card. If she got her SSN with maiden name, she will have to use her maiden name, or go the SSO to get it changed.

[pcenteno 1]

19 minutes ago, Ayrton said:

The USCIS have an option for you to request a SSN when filling out the immigration form for the work permit. As soon as she received the work permit, literally one day later we got the SSN in the mail. It was accepted for filing taxes. But not to get her phone service or open up a bank account. There is an error. A manager at Verizon told me this error is because someone else used to have the SSN...someone who apparently died. I thought that was crazy. Just wanted to confirm if that is true.

 

[Ayrton 965]

1 minute ago, pcenteno said:

 

I doubt that's true. Wait a couple days and try again. 

[payxibka 10,044]

Unless they change the numeric structure,  there will be a day when numbers will require recycling (if it hasn't happened already)

[Mollie09 1,543]

https://www.ssa.gov/history/hfaq.html

 

 

Q20:  Are Social Security numbers reused after a person dies?

A:  No. We do not reassign a Social Security number (SSN) after the number holder's death. Even though we have issued over 453 million SSNs so far, and we assign about 5 and one-half million new numbers a year, the current numbering system will provide us with enough new numbers for several generations into the future with no changes in the numbering system.

[pcenteno 1]

5 minutes ago, Mollie09 said:

https://www.ssa.gov/history/hfaq.html

 

 

Q20:  Are Social Security numbers reused after a person dies?

A:  No. We do not reassign a Social Security number (SSN) after the number holder's death. Even though we have issued over 453 million SSNs so far, and we assign about 5 and one-half million new numbers a year, the current numbering system will provide us with enough new numbers for several generations into the future with no changes in the numbering system.

This is just speculation coming from you because the fact of the matter is she's not able to use her social security and I have already been told that someone used her social in the past before it was assigned to her. Someone needs to answer to this because I consider it to be the worse mistake the government could possibly make. Now instead of someone retorting in here, I only want people who can respond with a solid answer to the situation. Otherwise, you are not helping at all.

[Mollie09 1,543]

1 minute ago, pcenteno said:

This is just speculation coming from you because the fact of the matter is she's not able to use her social security and I have already been told that someone used her social in the past before it was assigned to her. Someone needs to answer to this because I consider it to be the worse mistake the government could possibly make. Now instead of someone retorting in here, I only want people who can respond with a solid answer to the situation. Otherwise, you are not helping at all.

No one in this forum can tell you what is happening. You need to triple check the name and number, and go to a SS office when they reopen, not much else you can do. Sounds like a mistake or stolen SSN.

 

IMO it's a far cry from "the worst mistake the government could possibly make" Also, it's against the TOS to tell people not to post.

[payxibka 10,044]

Hmmm.  Me thinks a close read of the TOS would be prudent 

[Ban Hammer 12,841]

do not tell people not to post and do not call members a troll.

any further violations will result in a suspension.

 

charles

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[TBoneTX 43,059]

Additional assaultive posting has been removed and harsh administrative action has been applied.

Thread is moved from the "AOS from K Visas" main forum to the Social Security Numbers subforum.

 

TBoneTX

VJ Moderation

[TBoneTX 43,059]

Because of the OP's unwillingness to accept advice after he'd asked for it, this thread is now locked.  Do not restart this topic or refer to it elsewhere.