What steps are to be taken after a name change?

[Chichi02 0]

Hi,

I am going to have my naturalization finalized soon and I'm going to change my name. I would like to know in what order I have to change my official documentation after the oath ceremony? As I know the first one is: social security. Do I have to wait for the new card to change my DL? When will I be allowed to use my new name in official situations? Only after I change all my documents or right after the oath?

[noamoore 0]

Hi,

I am going to have my naturalization finalized soon and I'm going to change my name. I would like to know in what order I have to change my official documentation after the oath ceremony? As I know the first one is: social security. Do I have to wait for the new card to change my DL? When will I be allowed to use my new name in official situations? Only after I change all my documents or right after the oath?

As soon as you change your name with the Social Security Administration, that's your name and you can use it as soon as you walk out the door. The nice worker at the SSA will order your card to be sent to you in the mail, but she'll give you a paper to carry with you. This is called a numident. You can use it until you get your hardcopy social security card, which only takes a week to come in the mail. You can even use this numident at the DMV and for the I9 requirement for an employment application.

I run a temp service, I see them all the time) Good Luck!

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[NickD 203]

Any gal, or should I say woman that marries and assumes her husband's surname goes through that. For them, needed a form of legal photo identification of their previous name plus their marriage certificate. With my wife at first, was her passport and marriage certificate, with you, your court order, but then she got her green card with that information on it and her married name, that is all she needed at SS and the DMV.

They were happy with that, but the USCIS for citizenship was not, even though they issued that green card, she had to bring in all those old papers in again. Go figure. Guess the USCIS does not trust themselves, let alone the applicants.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

There's several ways to pull this off. The standard way would be:

1) SSA

2) Passports (get both!)

3) DMV

4) Bank & Credit Cards

5) Car Titles, Insurances.

I had an appointment at the Passport Agency in Los Angeles at 10:00a.m. after my Oath on the previous day, at 12:50 I had my passport book in my hand. At about 2:00p.m I was back in Ventura and updated my SSA records with my new passport. Thereafter I went across the street to my bank and put the Certificate in the safe.

The next morning I went to the DMV, thereafter I wrote letters with a copy of my passport to my credit card companies, asking for a name change. I kept one credit card in my old name, in case I travel with a non-US passport and need matching names on credit card and ID abroad. I did not change any car titles/registrations.