SSN & Marriage

[javy123 2]

Hello there,

I've been checking the timetable of other couples and I have noticed this;

Applied for SSN first, wait till SSN received in 2 weeks then get married.

Is it possible to do this;

Apply for SSN, and while waiting for the SSN card to arrive, we can get married. So atleast for the time being and while waiting for the card..we are not wasting our time.

Any couples who have done this without problem? Thanks everybody!

[canucker18 0]

Yep, that's what I did. You can apply for SSN anytime you want really, and the sooner the better.

Generally, it's easier to apply before you get married, if you're female, because then there's the whole name change thing.

We applied 2 weeks after I got here, I wasn't in their system, so they did a manual verification which took a few mroe weeks, and while I was wiating to get "verified" we got married.

I got my card, my old name was on it which was no biggie. Then I just went back to the SSA office with my marriage crtificate and had the name change done.

The sooner the better with SSN. That's my opinion. But yes, you can get married while your application is going through.

[motu 5]

You may need the SSN to get married in some states and I have read of many people not getting a SSN if they apply too late etc. so we decided to apply after 2 or 3 weeks and then we got married in Orlando. Make sure you know the SSN requirement where you plan to get married. Good Luck

[javy123 2]

Yep, that's what I did. You can apply for SSN anytime you want really, and the sooner the better.

Generally, it's easier to apply before you get married, if you're female, because then there's the whole name change thing.

We applied 2 weeks after I got here, I wasn't in their system, so they did a manual verification which took a few mroe weeks, and while I was wiating to get "verified" we got married.

I got my card, my old name was on it which was no biggie. Then I just went back to the SSA office with my marriage crtificate and had the name change done.

The sooner the better with SSN. That's my opinion. But yes, you can get married while your application is going through.

Well said Canucker18! Definitely we're going to do that to avoid wasting our time with this AOS thing. Thanks so much!