when to apply for SSN?

[minglevi 0]

Hello all,

when we are in to USA on k1 visa

can we apply for SSN immediately after arriving to USA (before marriage) or we have to get married first and than apply for it/

Please explain in little detail....

[payxibka 10,047]

Hello all,

when we are in to USA on k1 visa

can we apply for SSN immediately after arriving to USA (before marriage) or we have to get married first and than apply for it/

Please explain in little detail....

Your choice... the critical information is it must be done sometime between day 1 and day 76 of entry

[Otto 83]

Hello all,

when we are in to USA on k1 visa

can we apply for SSN immediately after arriving to USA (before marriage) or we have to get married first and than apply for it/

Please explain in little detail....

The SSA office will tell you to wait about 8 days after arriving in the US to apply; this gives 'the system' enough time to update with your information (most people apply after about 2 weeks).

So technically between day 14 and day 76 of US entry.

Best advice is to go early on in your entry to the US - get the card/number in your maiden name, then (if desired) change the name down the road (after you're married). There tend to be so much less complications doing it this way.

[raymaga 25]

I didn't apply for my SSN until after I was married so I wouldn't have to return (and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait in line) another time to change my name.

I entered the US on July 31, 2004, got married Aug. 28, 2004 and applied for my SSN card on August 30, 2004 (same day as I applied for AOS/EAD/AP).