SSN After Marriage (K1 VISA)

[MoriCra 0]

I would like to ask if it's OK to apply for SSN after marriage. My fiance's arrival would be around end of march and were applying for marriage license by 1st week of April and 3rd week of April will be our wedding ceremony. will there be any issue with this steps?

[rbv_shard 78]

41 minutes ago, MoriCra said:

I would like to ask if it's OK to apply for SSN after marriage. My fiance's arrival would be around end of march and were applying for marriage license by 1st week of April and 3rd week of April will be our wedding ceremony. will there be any issue with this steps?

They may not process it with less than 30 days remaining on the I-94.  For a lot of people, that means it has to be done before marriage, but with your schedule you should be getting married and applying for SSN within 60 days of arrival, which is fine.  Make sure to allow time to get your certified marriage record back from your county clerk -- SSA wants evidence of filing not just the signed license.  (They need to know about the marriage for two reasons: (1) if your bride is taking your last name, the marriage certificate serves as the name change document and (2) to establish her eligibility for future spousal benefits based on your work record)

 

Congratulations on getting through the process!  Please complete your timeline so that others can know what to expect / the VisaJourney system can use your dates in its statistical analysis of how long different steps are taking.

Edited 3 hours ago by rbv_shard

[MoriCra 0]

Thank you, so all we need after marriage is wait for them to record it and get the certified copy of marriage certificate? and that's what we gonna use to apply for SSN?

so it's gonna be:

 

Philippine passport

I-94

marriage certificate

 

or am I still missing something?, my apologizes 

[wildbug100420 417]

33 minutes ago, MoriCra said:

Thank you, so all we need after marriage is wait for them to record it and get the certified copy of marriage certificate? and that's what we gonna use to apply for SSN?

so it's gonna be:

 

Philippine passport

I-94

marriage certificate

 

or am I still missing something?, my apologizes 

Be advised you need appointment for SSN. Also birth certificate for foreign national. Not sure where you are but as soon as we got signed copy of marriage license from the wedding officiant, we went to the court house for certificate and received same day.