SSN - I still have my old Au Pair social security card

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I think I have asked this question before but I am just concerned about it:

many years ago I used to be an Au Pair in the US on a J1-visa and I did get a social security card then.

I was told that once you have a SSN you will always have it for the rest of your life and it will never expire.

Now I have heard that SSN can be inactivated or something like that. So is it possible that even though I have this old SSN I might have to go to the SS-office and have it reactivated?

Also I compared my SSC with the one of my fiance and I found this difference:

unlike my fince's SSC my SSC has the following words written on it right above my number:

"valid for work only with INS authorization"

what does that mean? does this mean it is some kind of a limited SSN?

we want to get married asap after my arrival in the US, we really would like to get married in the first week after my arrival. I know that our state requires a SSN to issue the marriage certificate.

So my question is: can i use this old Au-Pair-SSN to get the marriage license or do i have to go to the social security office first?

I am planning to keep my maiden name for now after we are married to make everything easier. I would like to change my name to my future husbands name a few years after the marriage. Is that possible or is it too late then?

Thank you all so much

[YuAndDan 153]

See OP's other post to reply.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=36329