3 weeks after POE, can't get SSN

[Sklith 0]

Hello VJers! My spouse and I had a problem when we visited the social security office: Her name wasn't able to be pulled up in their system. I figure it may have been a data entry issue, so her name is incorrectly spelled. I asked the clerk to try different spelling with her name or moving the surname into the last name, but the clerk said the i-94 should be the name exactly as in their system.

I was told by the clerk that we'll have to go somewhere else to change her name, so that we can try to get her SSN after that. She mentioned a department that slips my memory.

Was she correct when she told me we'll have to go elsewhere with a name correction?

[Dave&Roza 748]

As you appear to be linving in a rather large city, try another SSA office. Use the I-94, passport and take her birthcertificate just in case. DO NOT mention the marriage and get the SSN in her maiden name first. Then you can go back and change it with the marriage certificate (notice I did not say copy or certified copy as the SSA wants to see the official document and they will make a copy). The most important thing is the number as that allows your spouse to get all kinds of benefits and the name is not that important. Think about how many people you have shown YOUR SSC to over the years. I bet it is not many. The number is what is important and then she can change her name and have the "NOT AUTHORIZED TO WORK WITHOUT DHS AUTHORIZATION" removed when she gets her GC.

Good luck,

Dave

[Sklith 0]

As you appear to be linving in a rather large city, try another SSA office. Use the I-94, passport and take her birthcertificate just in case. DO NOT mention the marriage and get the SSN in her maiden name first. Then you can go back and change it with the marriage certificate (notice I did not say copy or certified copy as the SSA wants to see the official document and they will make a copy). The most important thing is the number as that allows your spouse to get all kinds of benefits and the name is not that important. Think about how many people you have shown YOUR SSC to over the years. I bet it is not many. The number is what is important and then she can change her name and have the "NOT AUTHORIZED TO WORK WITHOUT DHS AUTHORIZATION" removed when she gets her GC.

Good luck,

Dave

We went to a smaller office in Rome, GA. And we filed for the SSC with her maiden name, knowing we will change the name later, without any success. Perhaps this next time we'll go to a different office, and hopefully the clerk will be more helpful with getting the card.

[Otto 83]

** Topic may be more appropriate in our Working & Traveling during US Immigration forum (rather than K-1 Proc./Procedures); moving thread there.

[ryna 132]

** Topic may be more appropriate in our Working & Traveling during US Immigration forum (rather than K-1 Proc./Procedures); moving thread there.

You need to have her I-94 corrected at a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Deferred Inspection site. Only they can change what is in the database. The problem is that the I-94 Departure record she has in hand, for whatever reason, doesn't match what CBP has entered into their system and the SSA (all offices) have to enter what is on the I-94 Departure record.

It is a royal pain but the only way to get it fixed. OK, it's not really that bad (if the CBP office is close to where you live) but it turns something that should take 10-15 days into a 5-6 week wait.

[Sklith 0]

You need to have her I-94 corrected at a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Deferred Inspection site. Only they can change what is in the database. The problem is that the I-94 Departure record she has in hand, for whatever reason, doesn't match what CBP has entered into their system and the SSA (all offices) have to enter what is on the I-94 Departure record.

It is a royal pain but the only way to get it fixed. OK, it's not really that bad (if the CBP office is close to where you live) but it turns something that should take 10-15 days into a 5-6 week wait.

I was hoping it wasn't this. Makes sense though. Thanks!

[es_mi_vida 0]

This is the best advice ever!!! After trying to make an appointing on the infopass site with no luck and calling USCIS I looked up Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Deferred Inspection site and called the San Francisco off who gave me a direct line to the nicest guy in the USCIS office. He said, just come on in and tell the guard he sent me. We will see what happens tomorrow, but it sounds promising.