Questions regarding name change

[smilingstone 645]

2 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

According to the K-1 flowsheet, you should be able to change it with your marriage certificate.

 

In my experience, it was easy to get SSN before marriage, but I wasn't able to do the name change on the SSN after marriage before getting my EAD. 

Edited Sunday at 09:10 PM by smilingstone

[rbv_shard 0]

2 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

Never heard of needing one for a marriage inside the US.  Marriages OUTSIDE the US commonly need a certificate of single status. 

The one time inside the US you must assert your single status is when applying for the marriage license, and most places they'll just take your (written and signed) attestation.  But if you already have such a document, bringing it when applying for the marriage license is certainly a good idea.

[Scott-Ilyn 88]

15 hours ago, smilingstone said:

 

In my experience, it was easy to get SSN before marriage, but I wasn't able to do the name change on the SSN after marriage before getting my EAD. 

 

My wife had the same experience.  She wasn't able to get her name changed on her SSN until after she received her green card (we applied for but never received her EAD due the green card being received first).