Change Name

[timinden 0]

Hi everyone, we recently got married and went to the social security office to change her name on her ss#. They wouldnt do it because she dosent have an ID in her new name. I am wondering how some of you were able to do that. We are going to file all the AOS paperwork soon. I would like to add her to my accounts but dont really know how to do that now. Any help would be apreciated.

[YamSam 0]

She can go to Drivers Licenses Facility with the marriage certificate and get the new ID/Driver Licenses with the new married name.

YamSam

[tweety 1]

In my case they let me change my name on the SSN as soon as I had the EAD. You will have to wait for your first official document (EAD, AP, green card or driver's license - whichever is first) before you can make the change.

[rocky 0]

In my case, when i went to Soc.Sec. office for name change to married name they only need my marriage certificate and after a week got my new ssn card. Maybe it vary from state to state policy!

[Mand 1]

I can't change my name on my SSN card until I have something official from the US (EAD card), but my husband added me to his accounts in my married name. We went in with my passport and a certified copy of our marriage cert. On his insurance etc, it was also no problem to add me in my married name. My husband smply explained our situation.

In regards to AOS, put her name down with her married surname in order to get the EAD document in her new name.

[I'm Gone 60]

Hi everyone, we recently got married and went to the social security office to change her name on her ss#. They wouldnt do it because she dosent have an ID in her new name.

First is her I-94 more than 14 days from expiring and does the marriage certificate have her age or date of birth. If the answer is yes to both she can change the name on her SSN record with her I-94 and marriage certificate.

The applicant may submit either:

-- One legal name change document showing both the old and new names

(e.g., a court order for a name change or a marriage document). The

document must also show either (1) a description or photograph of

the person or (2) biographical information that can be compared with

the Numident data; or

-- When the name change document does not show either a photograph of

the person or biographical information that can be compared with the

Numident data, then, in addition to the name change document, the

applicant must also submit two acceptable identity documents. One

of the submitted identity documents must show the old name (the name

on the latest Numident record) AND the other submitted identity

document must show the new name (the name to be shown on the

corrected SSN card). The identity documents submitted must show

either a photograph of the applicant or provide biographical

information that can be compared with the Numident data.

Note: For a marriage document or marriage record to be acceptable as an identity document it must show, in addition to the applicant’s name, either the applicant’s age, date of birth or parents’ names and the marriage document alone can be accepted as evidence of identity for both the old and new names when it meets this standard.

When issuing immigration documents, the Department of State and DHS issue them in the person’s legal name. The legal name is also generally the name in which the foreign passport was issued.

When an alien applies for an SSN card, we presume the name on the immigration document is the legal name unless the applicant presents evidence of a legal name change (e.g., marriage) that occurred after the immigration document was issued.

a. Bride Takes Groom’s Last Name

In all 50 U.S. States (this means the 50 States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa) the bride may take her husband's last name (surname or family name) as her new last name. (EXAMPLE: Jane Doe married John Jones and she may change her name to Jane Jones.)

Interim Guidance: If the bride wants to take her husband’s last name, accept the marriage document as a legal name change for the bride if the new name can be derived from the marriage document; even if the marriage document only shows each partner’s first names, the bride’s prior surname and husband’s surname. The marriage document alone can be accepted as evidence of identity for both the old and new names when it meets the criteria described in RM 00203.200G.2.

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203200#G2

4. Name Change to a Name Different From Name on Immigration Document

Monica Mumma Stottlemyer applies for a replacement SSN card in her married name. She:

Completes an SS-5 showing her first name as Monica, her middle name as Mumma, and her last name as Smith;

Completes the other names used field, showing that name as “Monica (first name), Mumma Stottlemyer (last name);”

Signs the SS-5 as “Monica M. Smith;”

Submits a U.S. marriage document showing Monica Mumma Stottlemyer and John Smith married last week (the marriage document shows the dates of birth for Monica and John);

Submits a driver's license with her photograph that shows the name Monica M. Smith; and

Submits a DHS employment authorization card with her photograph and showing her name as “Mumma Stottlemyer, Monica.”

The U.S. marriage document supports the legal name change and is acceptable evidence of identity in both the old name and the new name because it shows biographical data (date of birth) that can be compared to the Numident record. Further, the name to be shown on the SSN card agrees with the name on the additional identity document in the new legal name (the driver's license).

SSA can process the name change request. Process the SS-5 to have the name “Monica (first name) Mumma (middle name) Smith (last name) to be shown in the card and enter “Monica (first name) Mumma Stottlemyer (compound surname) as an “other name used.” The compound surname must be entered the same way it is shown on the immigration document. Advise the NH to also contact DHS to change her surname to “Smith” with that agency.

Note From Me: It says ADVISE you to change the name with DHS, not that the application can't be processed without you doing it first.

This is in addition to proof of current lawful employment authorized status.

You can find detailed information regarding changing SSN record (Numident) data on the SSA Website at:

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203210

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RM 00203.735 Requesting Online (Primary) Verification by SAVE:

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203735

e. Applicant Has Changed His/Her Name but SAVE Query Response Shows Old Name

In some cases, the applicant may have changed his/her name after DHS issued the immigration document (e.g., he/she has married and is now using the spouse's last name) but does not present an immigration document showing the new name. In these cases, the DHS system reflects the new name only when the person provided the name change information to DHS and requested to have his/her immigration record changed to show the new name. When the SAVE query response shows the old name that is shown on the immigration document presented and not the new name on the identity document presented, do not consider this a name discrepancy for enumeration purposes. See RM 00203.200 when the applicant presents an identity document in the new name that is more recent than the immigration document to determine if the identity document is acceptable. Tell the applicant he/she must report the name change to DHS so that DHS can update its records.

Note From Me: The section says MUST report to DHS, but the other procedure that says ADVISE came out after this and this just says report the change, not that the application can't be processed anyway.

[Kajikit 65]

You'll have to wait until she gets her EAD to change her SSN... just use the married name for everything and eventually it'll be 'officially recognised'.

[I'm Gone 60]

She can go to Drivers Licenses Facility with the marriage certificate and get the new ID/Driver Licenses with the new married name.

Just about every state checks the name and DOB against the SSN record, so if what you put on the DL application doesn't match the SSN record you are SOL until you correct the SSN record.

In my case, when i went to Soc.Sec. office for name change to married name they only need my marriage certificate and after a week got my new ssn card. Maybe it vary from state to state policy!

Was this before or after December 17, 2005? Plus you need proof of work authorization, so I'm sure you needed more than just your marriage certificate to be issued a card.

You'll have to wait until she gets her EAD to change her SSN...

Absolutely, does not if the marriage certificate has her DOB or age.