New Social Security card after green card approval

[Mike B. 231]

A couple weeks after my wife (then-fiancee) came to the United States, we went to to SSA to get a social security card. We were told to come back later as DHS had not updated their records. We went back two weeks later, and it still wasn't updated. We went back a week after that, and it was updated, but the card was never mailed to us, so we had to go back a fourth time before they finally mailed the thing.

Now my wife needs a new social security card, as her last name has changed. My question is this: do we have to wait another month for DHS to update its records to avoid getting another card that says "NOT VALID FOR EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT DHS AUTHORIZATION?" Or will we get a new, updated, "normal" card if we go now?

Edited July 1, 2010 by Mike B.

[piscesgirl 0]

i got my gc june 12, 2010, went to SSA june 21 to get a new card and i got my social security card in mail on june 25, 2010. maybe u try to come to ssa office after 1 week probably they updated her status already...gudluck!

Edited July 1, 2010 by piscesgirl

[VanessaTony 3,567]

showing the GC should give a new "normal" SSN with the DHS part removed. The system should already be updated with her married name. It's should have taken a couple of months for the AOS to process, at which time the system was updated of course.

** moved from "Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from Family Based Visas" to General Immigration Related Discussion as this isn't an AOS question**