k1 eligible for SSN?

[milimelo 4,486]

Okay luck-e and Kookie , bottom line is K-1 visa holder is eligible for an SSN. My fiancee got hers two weeks after she arrived here, just take your I-94 and your passport with you.

You will need your marriage license only to change your name. As you already got married yesterday (congrats!) you will want to have an offical copy of your marriage license with you when you go - no sense in going twice.

Good luck!

Don't bring the marriage license as they will not issue the SSN to her new name (if she changed it) as she is in the SAVE system under the maiden name. IF you do that, you will confuse already confused people in the SSA office and they even may tell you to come back when she has EAD or GC.

Once you have the EAD you can go back and have the SSN card changed to her married name. So, yes, you do have to go there twice.

[strangerinamerica 0]

If the I-94 expires (or is withing 14 days of expiring) then you must wait until you have your EAD or Green Card

Incorrect too actually.

An immigrant that entered the US on a K1 and is married to the USC within the 90 day aperiod and actively in AOS, is eligible to apply for a SSN even though the I-94 may have actually expired by the time they apply.

They are eligible for an EAD through their K1 marriage to the USC and eligible for a SSN. All they have to do is take the 485 AOS letter to the SSA once they have it, and they'll get a SSN.

Of course it is as well to apply for the EAD as soon as possible too.

[BermyCat 1]

Okay luck-e and Kookie , bottom line is K-1 visa holder is eligible for an SSN. My fiancee got hers two weeks after she arrived here, just take your I-94 and your passport with you.

You will need your marriage license only to change your name. As you already got married yesterday (congrats!) you will want to have an offical copy of your marriage license with you when you go - no sense in going twice.

Good luck!

Don't bring the marriage license as they will not issue the SSN to her new name (if she changed it) as she is in the SAVE system under the maiden name. IF you do that, you will confuse already confused people in the SSA office and they even may tell you to come back when she has EAD or GC.

Once you have the EAD you can go back and have the SSN card changed to her married name. So, yes, you do have to go there twice.

That is definitely not correct. I brought my marriage certificate and got my SSN in my married name with no problems. However, it's up to you what name you get the SSN in. You'll just have to go back and change it later.

~ Catherine

[I'm Gone 60]

Okay luck-e and Kookie , bottom line is K-1 visa holder is eligible for an SSN. My fiancee got hers two weeks after she arrived here, just take your I-94 and your passport with you.

You will need your marriage license only to change your name. As you already got married yesterday (congrats!) you will want to have an offical copy of your marriage license with you when you go - no sense in going twice.

Good luck!

Don't bring the marriage license as they will not issue the SSN to her new name (if she changed it) as she is in the SAVE system under the maiden name. IF you do that, you will confuse already confused people in the SSA office and they even may tell you to come back when she has EAD or GC.

Once you have the EAD you can go back and have the SSN card changed to her married name. So, yes, you do have to go there twice.

That is definitely not correct. I brought my marriage certificate and got my SSN in my married name with no problems. However, it's up to you what name you get the SSN in. You'll just have to go back and change it later.

It shouldn't matter if you apply before or after getting married as long as you haven't been here 76 days or more when you apply. However, some SSA employees don't understand what K-1 status is and some come off with stupid stuff like now that you are married you must be a K-3 or need to apply for a K-3.

So your mileage may vary if you apply after getting married and want to apply using your married name. If you have a problem you have a few options, one ask for a manager and try to argue your case or two go to another office and apply with your maiden name or try the married name again.

You can always try sending an e-mail to SSA. Be sure to state that you have K-1 status and explain what happened. At which SSA office and include your phone number.

Edited June 19, 2009 by I Quit

[I'm Gone 60]

Duh. might help if I list the Website to send the message to SSA.

http://www.ssa.gov/feedback/

[BermyCat 1]

It shouldn't matter if you apply before or after getting married as long as you haven't been here 76 days or more when you apply. However, some SSA employees don't understand what K-1 status is and some come off with stupid stuff like now that you are married you must be a K-3 or need to apply for a K-3.

When I went back to get a new SSN card after I got my permanent residence card, I was chatting with the clerk about K-1s and why they get cards with the funny caveat at the top. He said "Wow, I never knew that." This was the same office where I got my first SSN card. The woman who helped me at that time was very well informed about K-1 visas and processed me under my married name with no hestitation.

~ Catherine