SSN name change after marriage

[NCWife 0]

I am sorry to hear all these mumbo jumbo you have to go through. Well... are you applying for the state ID just to do the joint car registration for AOS purposes?

If that's the case and you still can't your name change, you might as well apply for AOS along with EAD and AP first. EAD usually comes like a month after your submission. Once you get that, go change your name at the SSA office and get a learner's permit at the DMV. And you don't submit any evidence for AOS, so you have time to do all that.

All the best!

[wratran 0]

Your marriage certificate acts as a name change document, so all you need to do is bring your marriage certificate to the SS office and at that point you will be able to legally change your name (and it costs nothing). You do NOT need to change your name at the time you filed your marriage license, nor do you have to go through the courts, order a name change kit, or anything like that - just go to Social Security with the certificate.

Wish I could help with some of your other questions - good luck!

has anyone else try this method?. I already file my marriage certficate under original name. We still have the original certificate in our hand..we should be able to write in the new name and take it to SSN office...is this correct?

[gary9891 10]

I am beyond confused as to the law here. Some people have successfully changed their name on their social security card after marriage and before GC/EAD. When I spoke to the lady at the office in Hickory, she said I need an EAD to change my name after marriage on the card.

I just spent 30 minutes on the phone with the main social security helpline only to be told the same thing after she asked a supervisor.

I am trying to change my name on the social security card so I qualify for a north carolina state ID from the DMV. I spoke to a DMV agent today and she said I could get one but needed to have my name match on the social security card (married name). I spent a long time explaning that the name on my social security card and wedding certificate match and are both in my maiden name and I wanted to use the marriage certificate to get an ID in my married name. It ended with her stating the social security must be in my married name and should match my marriage certificate. Here's where I'm confused, I cant change the marriage certificate as it was registered in my maiden name and the cert is infact exactly the same as the license. Its ridiculous to apply for a marriage license in your married name when youre not married yet so how, is it possible logically, to have my married name on the social security card (once changed) to match my marriage certificate??? (Which the DMV agent wanted)

Sorry if I am incoherent, been such a confusing morning.

The basic reason for this wild goose chase is we are trying to get both our names on the title of a car we just bought for future purposes and to show as one of the joint things during the AOS interview. DMV needs State ID or Drivers License for both owners. DMV needs Social Security Card to match married name for State ID card. Social Security needs GC to change name on social security card. If we dont manage to register it under my name as well now, a future change of title ownership will cost us 40 bucks and we need new license plates then as well for 28 bucks. So a whole 68 bucks wasted because of all this mumbo jumbo.

I guess long story short, does anyone have any success stories of changing their name on the social security card to their married name BEFORE GC/EAD? If so, what do I do now?

Sorry to hear of the trouble. My K1 (now wife!) fiancee had no issues when we went to get her a card. We waited 12 days after we arrived to ensure she showed up in the computer system (ADIS?). The card arrived in 8 days in her maiden name. After we married, we went back, filed in 1 form and changed her card to her new married name (same SSN number). I can't believe the SSN offices around the country are so different in the policies issuing a SSN.