Green card has maiden name but ssc has married name

[confused51 0]

Hi, Well my wife and i got married around May, she got her green card and everything!

but the social securtiy office but her social card under her married name when her green card

is under her maiden name.. now shes trying to work but the names dont match. what am i suppose to do?

I went down to the social securty office trying to change her name to her maiden name but they said they cant

do that ( and they also said that they screwed up and was sorry) i went to three different offices. PLEASE HELP!!

[VanessaTony 3,567]

She takes in her birth certificate, marriage certificate and GC and gets it changed to her maiden name that way. If in doubt call the SSA 1800 number for assistance.

[Theresa0828 65]

Hi, Well my wife and i got married around May, she got her green card and everything!

but the social securtiy office but her social card under her married name when her green card

is under her maiden name.. now shes trying to work but the names dont match. what am i suppose to do?

I went down to the social securty office trying to change her name to her maiden name but they said they cant

do that ( and they also said that they screwed up and was sorry) i went to three different offices. PLEASE HELP!!

I am also confuse... are you the USC? Did your wife get her green card based on your marriage? Then her green card should be in her married name, not maiden name... if social security card is in married name.. that should be right... You should ask for the change of name on the green card with USCIS, not change of name on the social security card.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Hi, Well my wife and i got married around May, she got her green card and everything!

but the social securtiy office but her social card under her married name when her green card

is under her maiden name.. now shes trying to work but the names dont match. what am i suppose to do?

I went down to the social securty office trying to change her name to her maiden name but they said they cant

do that ( and they also said that they screwed up and was sorry) i went to three different offices. PLEASE HELP!!

Her SS card is in her married name, but her Green Card is in her maiden name?

That's not good, as the Green Card is the document that trumps all others. It's easy to change a SS card based on the Green Card, but it's not possible to change a Green Card based on the SS card. Looks like she gave her maiden name to USCIS when applying for AoS, hence the problem. What she will have to do is spend $450 on a new Green Card. The form for this is I-90.

Does she have a driver's license? If so, if her driver's license and her SS card are in the same name (her married name), and the SS card is clear, meaning it does not have the "Valid for work with DHS authorization only," then her driver's license and her SS card is all she needs for job purposes.

Google I-9 form, 'cause that's the form she will have to fill out after getting hired, and check the accepted documents. The driver's license is on List B and the SS card on List C. That's all she needs. No Green Card needed.

[Dave&Roza 748]

This is not a really big problem as she never has to show her SSC to anybody. Check the I-9 form and the List A documents has the GC. So use that name as her legal name. Which name does she want to use--maiden or married. If she wants to use married and the GC is in the maiden name, wait until ROC to do the name change as it will cost you money (and dealing with the USCIS again) to have the name changed on the GC,

For example: my Mother had on her SSC first name middle name married name. She went by middle name maiden name married name her entire adult married life. It was never a problem until she filed for social security and then she had to change everything to first name middle name married name. As long as the SSN is valid and you can rattle it off, no one ever demands to see the card. The may ask and I simply reply that I do not carry it. I use my passport for the I-9 form for employers.

Take your time to decide which is the best course of action and which names she wants to use. My wife is using her maiden name so the GC and passport match (except her country does not use middle initial and the US does) and we get the tickets issued in her maiden name.

Good luck,

Dave

[VanessaTony 3,567]

I am also confuse... are you the USC? Did your wife get her green card based on your marriage? Then her green card should be in her married name, not maiden name... if social security card is in married name.. that should be right... You should ask for the change of name on the green card with USCIS, not change of name on the social security card.

There is no REQUIREMENT to change your name. The OP has stated that they want the SSN in maiden name, therefore the choice is not to change to married name.

Her SS card is in her married name, but her Green Card is in her maiden name?

That's not good, as the Green Card is the document that trumps all others. It's easy to change a SS card based on the Green Card, but it's not possible to change a Green Card based on the SS card. Looks like she gave her maiden name to USCIS when applying for AoS, hence the problem. What she will have to do is spend $450 on a new Green Card. The form for this is I-90.

He states they WANT maiden name. So no need to change the GC. They're asking why the SSA won't allow them to change the SSN to maiden (like the GC).

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