Identity crisis

[Sarah&Todd 0]

Hi all,

I have a questions for you.

I got married 2 weeks ago and changed my last name to my husband's.

I went to the Social Security office and changed it legally while i applied for my SSN.

I got a letter back from the Social Security Office saying that they couldn't issue me with a SSN yet because my K1 visa will run out before they issue the card (i just sent off my AOS application so there i guess i have to wait for proof that i'm on the green card track).

Anyway, my problem is that all my UK ID (driver's license and passport) says my maiden name. I want to change these to my married name but obviously my passport has my K1 visa in it... has anyone had this problem... what did you do?

Thanks

Sarah

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Hi all,

I have a questions for you.

I got married 2 weeks ago and changed my last name to my husband's.

I went to the Social Security office and changed it legally while i applied for my SSN.

I got a letter back from the Social Security Office saying that they couldn't issue me with a SSN yet because my K1 visa will run out before they issue the card (i just sent off my AOS application so there i guess i have to wait for proof that i'm on the green card track).

Anyway, my problem is that all my UK ID (driver's license and passport) says my maiden name. I want to change these to my married name but obviously my passport has my K1 visa in it... has anyone had this problem... what did you do?

Thanks

Sarah

Your K1 visa was void the minute you went through POE, so it's no longer a concern. You can use a copy of you marriage license to show why you have a name difference in say your new greencard and your passport. You can continue to use your passport until it expires by having a copy of the marriage license.

There is that awkward period between the I-94 expiration and getting the greencard that all K1s go through, but it's a limbo you just have to endure.

Edited October 30, 2011 by Nich-Nick

[bigdog 376]

Limbo land for now.

[Barbara J 115]

Hi all,

I have a questions for you.

I got married 2 weeks ago and changed my last name to my husband's.

I went to the Social Security office and changed it legally while i applied for my SSN.

I got a letter back from the Social Security Office saying that they couldn't issue me with a SSN yet because my K1 visa will run out before they issue the card (i just sent off my AOS application so there i guess i have to wait for proof that i'm on the green card track).

Anyway, my problem is that all my UK ID (driver's license and passport) says my maiden name. I want to change these to my married name but obviously my passport has my K1 visa in it... has anyone had this problem... what did you do?

Thanks

Sarah

What a load of BS, you go back and tell them or try another office that you are eligible to get your SSN and in your married name. As stated your K1 visa ran out when you got off the plane. You are married and using your husbands name you waited 2 week but you have been here longer so you are in the system and you can get an SSN in your married name. Your SS card will have :not authorised for work by DHS" but then once you get your GC you can either go and have that taken off or just leave it I chose to go and get that taken off. We hear so many stories on here about SS offices and them not knowing the law. Try another office and speak to a supervisor. I married and 3 weeks later we went in with marriage cert and my passport which was in my previous name and never had an issue. Try again k and don't give up but then some are agoing to say depends on what state you are in consensus is across the board you are entitled to a SSN other wise you can't have bank account medical and so on.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

What a load of BS, you go back and tell them or try another office that you are eligible to get your SSN and in your married name. As stated your K1 visa ran out when you got off the plane. You are married and using your husbands name you waited 2 week but you have been here longer so you are in the system and you can get an SSN in your married name. Your SS card will have :not authorised for work by DHS" but then once you get your GC you can either go and have that taken off or just leave it I chose to go and get that taken off. We hear so many stories on here about SS offices and them not knowing the law. Try another office and speak to a supervisor. I married and 3 weeks later we went in with marriage cert and my passport which was in my previous name and never had an issue. Try again k and don't give up but then some are agoing to say depends on what state you are in consensus is across the board you are entitled to a SSN other wise you can't have bank account medical and so on.

Barbara--Today is around the 80th day of her I-94, which is too late to get a SSN. Had she gone in late August, even before marriage, she would have gotten a SSN.