SSN After Permanent Residency

[KG0411 0]

So I received my permanent resident card in March, yay! I had received my Employment Authorization Card before that around January. I applied for a ssn with my EA card and was issued a ssn with "VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH DHS AUTHORIZATION" written on it. I read on www.ssa.gov that their are three types of ssn cards that are given based different qualifications. The regular ssn is given when you are a US citizen or considered "people lawfully admitted to the United States on a permanent basis." They assign ssn cards with a DHS authorization note to those who are lawfully admitted to the United States on a temporary basis who have DHS authorization to work. My question is, since I have my permanent residency card, should I have a regular ssn card, not the one that says valid wih DHS authorization since I fall under "people lawfully admitted to the US on a permanent basis"? If so, do I need to go and get my ssn changed/updated?

Also, I don't know if that also has to do with the fact that I went into a jewelry store the other day and they asked me to join their finance program and needed my ssn as well as background info to check credit, but I was rejected because they said that my ssn could not be confirmed?

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

You can get a SS Card without the wording on it, yes. Go to the SS Office and update your status there. At the jewelry store, your rejection has nothing to do with the wording on your card, and everything to do with it being a new number, and you not having a credit score yet because you are a new immigrant. Good luck.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

As Harpa already stated, you can, if you like, get a new SS card without the "valid only with DHS authorization" on it. Many people do that; others don't. It's really a matter of personal preference as your Green Card is the authorization to work. If you don't want to, you'll never have to show your SS card to anybody again as long as you live.

When it comes to a job, you initially only have to state that you are authorized to work, not what your citizenship or immigration status is. They do that to avoid the assumption of discrimination. Once you've been hired, you'll have to show documentation to that fact. This can be either your Green Card only, or your driver's license combined with an unrestricted SS card. The Green Card is a CLASS A document, the driver's license a CLASS B document, and the unrestricted SS card a CLASS C document.

One CLASS A document is worth one CLASS B plus one CLASS C document.

For more info google I-9 form and check it out.