SSN after wedding

[Big Boss 0]

Mike,

She needed to apply within the first 76 days.

She should not need to have a SSN to become a joint owner of your bank account, unless by the bank's own rules. Find a different bank.

Yodrak

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My wife and I were married here in the States on June 3rd and we then filed for advance parole to allow us to travel to Mexico for a religious wedding and the reception. We're now back in the states and as I try to get her on my bank account, credit cards, etc, I find that we need a social security number. Well. . . .we didn't apply when she got her K-1 visa and now they don't want to accept our documents at the Social Security office. (We have the passport with the K-1 and an I-94 valid until Sept. 2007)

Did I miss the boat by not applying for the SSN within the first 90 days? .... If so, any suggestions on how to add her to my bank account?

....

Mike

Hi,

WE got married a few days ago and I was hoping to apply for her SSN in about a week (which will be 2 weeks from POE, as Guide suggests).....will we have problem due to our marriage and name change?

Thanks

[I'm Gone 60]

We got married a few days ago and I was hoping to apply for her SSN in about a week (which will be 2 weeks from POE, as Guide suggests).....will we have problem due to our marriage and name change?

Hard to say, since you never know if the SSA employee waiting on you knows procedure or is a bonehead and starts making up things, i.e. now that you are married you are no longer a K-1 and need to apply for a K-3.

[Big Boss 0]

We got married a few days ago and I was hoping to apply for her SSN in about a week (which will be 2 weeks from POE, as Guide suggests).....will we have problem due to our marriage and name change?

Hard to say, since you never know if the SSA employee waiting on you knows procedure or is a bonehead and starts making up things, i.e. now that you are married you are no longer a K-1 and need to apply for a K-3.

Thanks for the quick response....We got married in the USA on the K1 visa...now we need to apply for K3????

Edited October 20, 2006 by Big Boss

[Krikit 1,164]

When is it advisable to get an SSN? When we first get here and apply under our maiden name or wait until after the marriage?

If you are asking me I would say do it as soon as possible after you get here with your maiden name and then worry about the name change after you are married. Now if you want wait 10 to 14 days after you get here to hopefully allow for your info to entered into the SAVE system before applying, that's not going to hurt you, but it's not required and I wouldn't wait any longer than that before applying.

The reason being SSA will not assign an SSN or issue a card if your status is expired or within 14 days of expiring. The K-1 status is only good for 90 days, so that cuts it down to 76 days to allow you to be assigned an SSN based on the I-94 with K-1 status.

One of the other reasons is you never know what kind of bonehead you might get to wait on you at the SSA office and some people have made up their own procedure, i.e. now that you are married you are no longer a K-1 and need to apply for a K-3.

Darn. We're getting married within days of my arrival and I was going to apply for the SSN in my married name in order to save a step. Thanks for the heads-up mdyoung and Yodrak.

[I'm Gone 60]

We got married a few days ago and I was hoping to apply for her SSN in about a week (which will be 2 weeks from POE, as Guide suggests).....will we have problem due to our marriage and name change?

Hard to say, since you never know if the SSA employee waiting on you knows procedure or is a bonehead and starts making up things, i.e. now that you are married you are no longer a K-1 and need to apply for a K-3.

Thanks for the quick response....We got married in the USA on the K1 visa...now we need to apply for K3????

NO that was just an example of the type of stupid thing people at SSA offices have told people on K-1 visas that applied for an SSN after getting married.

When is it advisable to get an SSN? When we first get here and apply under our maiden name or wait until after the marriage?

If you are asking me I would say do it as soon as possible after you get here with your maiden name and then worry about the name change after you are married. Now if you want wait 10 to 14 days after you get here to hopefully allow for your info to entered into the SAVE system before applying, that's not going to hurt you, but it's not required and I wouldn't wait any longer than that before applying.

The reason being SSA will not assign an SSN or issue a card if your status is expired or within 14 days of expiring. The K-1 status is only good for 90 days, so that cuts it down to 76 days to allow you to be assigned an SSN based on the I-94 with K-1 status.

One of the other reasons is you never know what kind of bonehead you might get to wait on you at the SSA office and some people have made up their own procedure, i.e. now that you are married you are no longer a K-1 and need to apply for a K-3.

Darn. We're getting married within days of my arrival and I was going to apply for the SSN in my married name in order to save a step. Thanks for the heads-up mdyoung and Yodrak.

If you get turned down when applying after getting married. You still have the option of going to another SSA office and just applying with your maiden name or asking for the office manager at the original office an plead your case.

[ccfoo 0]

Another reason to get the SSN earlier would be for insurance. Once we were married I changed my benefits to include my wife and they asked for SSN. When I said she didn't have one and it would be months before she would get one they asked if there was some number assigned to her case. The A# is 9 digits so I gave them that. So far so good (knock on wood).