brittanymitchell

So for anyone who is interested, I was able to go to SSA today and get it sorted out! I was already married when I got my first ssn, but at the time the lady said I had to get it in my maiden name to match my visa (which was apparently incorrect, it should’ve been in my new name). So since my name didn’t match the existing card, it didn’t flag and tell them to issue a replacement rather than a new card, so I mistakenly got a whole new one. She ‘retired’ the new one so it’s no longer active and I will be issued a new card with my new name and the original number! It sucks that we had to wait 1.5 hours in the waiting room today but at least it was a pretty easy fix!

So for anyone who is interested, I was able to go to SSA today and get it sorted out! I was already married when I got my first ssn, but at the time the lady said I had to get it in my maiden name to match my visa (which was apparently incorrect, it should’ve been in my new name). So since my name didn’t match the existing card, it didn’t flag and tell them to issue a replacement rather than a new card, so I mistakenly got a whole new one. She ‘retired’ the new one so it’s no longer active and I will be issued a new card with my new name and the original number! It sucks that we had to wait 1.5 hours in the waiting room today but at least it was a pretty easy fix!