SSN REQUIRED TO BE ENROLLED INTO DEERS!

[Sweetcheeksss 91]

To register family members in DEERS, sponsors must complete an Application for Uniformed Services Identification Card and DEERS Enrollment (DD Form 1172) and provide documentation (see below). If the sponsor is not available, the family member can update DEERS as long as they have a DD Form 1172 signed by their sponsor (within 90 days) or a valid Power of Attorney.

Adding a Spouse to DEERS

• Marriage certificate
• Spouse birth certificate
• Spouse Social Security card
• Spouse photo ID
• All documents must be originals or certified copies.

From here - http://www.tricare.mil/Welcome/Eligibility/DEERS/RequiredDocuments.aspx

[crystalb59 0]

That is absolutely false. Deers is something that my department administrates and we have seen this several time. We have a few sailors here with foriegn wives awaiting change of status and we were able to enrol them in DEERS. Just make your case and be stern, you shouldn't have to go without healthcare just because some Yeoman doesn't know how to read a manual. Sorry but I get real frustrated when I hear about proffesionals not knowing their job. Good luck

I'm actually scared to get too firm on telling them what they are saying is false im sacred my husband might get in trouble. I called DEERS 2 days ago and they didnt help much they just forward my call to the I.D. office on base and again they said i might be able to use my ITIN but I still need a passport so I called the Mexican Consulate to get my passport and they dont have appointments until October!!!! I freaked out Idk what I am to do my baby is due in 2 months and I dont even qualify for medicaid because I dont have a ssn

[Juan & Nan 12]

Hi everyone. I've been in the US for five days now, we got married two days after i got here, my now husband is busy with training and he may be receiving new orders soon so he planned for us to get married as soon as possible. Yesterday he took our marriage certificate and my personal documents to the DEERS office so that i can be enrolled but they requested him to provide my SSN before i could be enrolled. Did any of you experience this? Any comments, advise will be appreciated. Thanks!

They didn't give you correct information. They can still enroll a military dependent into DEERS wihtout SSN. They will just use a temporary number until the SSN is provided.

[gendna2 1]

I am about to try enrolling my wife into DEERS even though she is not here yet. She'll get the visa very soon, and I need her to be in DEERS ASAP, so that we can get her TRICARE and the ID Card. I live in Guam, which is one of the worst duty stations in the DoD and most of the employees here do things backwards.

What you need to do to convince the knuckleheads are official DoD instructions.

Go to this website:

http://www.cac.mil/uniformed-services-id-card/getting-your-id-card/#step-2

On the right hand side you can read and print the instructions for getting filling out the 1172-2 for DEERS enrollment. The instructions clearly state that a Temporary Identification Number can be automatically generated at the RAPIDS site for foreign spouses. This contradicts what the Tricare site says, or even the RAPIDS instructions that you see on the internet when you look at a site to set up an appointment. However, being a DoD instruction, you can argue all the way up the chain of command until you finally hit someone with a brain.

Unfortunately, for my wife to get an ID, the same cac.mil website clearly states that she must be there in person. Not only that, but she needs an American piece of ID.

Does anyone know if there is a way around that, so I can get her ID early without her there? Otherwise we're going to have to wait months until the actual green card arrives in the mail.

[Pinball1921 4]

^ my wife didn't need an American ID. We simply used our marriage certificate and her passport. She didn't need a SSN either. The part about actually being there i can believe is true because they need to take her photo for her new ID.

[CrazyMandy 0]

I am about to try enrolling my wife into DEERS even though she is not here yet. She'll get the visa very soon, and I need her to be in DEERS ASAP, so that we can get her TRICARE and the ID Card. I live in Guam, which is one of the worst duty stations in the DoD and most of the employees here do things backwards.

What you need to do to convince the knuckleheads are official DoD instructions.

Go to this website:

http://www.cac.mil/uniformed-services-id-card/getting-your-id-card/#step-2

On the right hand side you can read and print the instructions for getting filling out the 1172-2 for DEERS enrollment. The instructions clearly state that a Temporary Identification Number can be automatically generated at the RAPIDS site for foreign spouses. This contradicts what the Tricare site says, or even the RAPIDS instructions that you see on the internet when you look at a site to set up an appointment. However, being a DoD instruction, you can argue all the way up the chain of command until you finally hit someone with a brain.

Unfortunately, for my wife to get an ID, the same cac.mil website clearly states that she must be there in person. Not only that, but she needs an American piece of ID.

Does anyone know if there is a way around that, so I can get her ID early without her there? Otherwise we're going to have to wait months until the actual green card arrives in the mail.

Thanks for that link! Really helpful! Printing that and taking it with me next time I need to renew it.

[gendna2 1]

Update: I apologize to the RAPIDS folks here in Guam, they were not knuckleheads and I did not even have to argue with them. The RAPIDS personnel here knew to provide my wife a foreign identification number, and all they needed were a copy of my wife's passport and the original marriage license along with a translation into English. If you have a copy of your marriage license and translation; they should not stop you because all they do is scan the documents into the records, that's it...a scanned quality copy is the same as a scanned original.

As for the identification, your wife must be there, just like the cac.mil official website explains. I was surprised that at my location, the personnel told me my wife only needs her original passport and original birth certificate for ther military id; on the cac.mil site it clearly states two pieces of id, one of which must be state or federal issue. The proof is in the pudding on this one; we'll see if they give her an id with just passport and birth certificate. That would be great because it takes a while for her green card to get in the mail and in my location, base and commissary access is a must have.

Remember, DoD official instructions trump almost everything, they definitely trump some bureaucrats' internal rules. I've seen people on the net say a foreign spouse first has to get an ITIN from IRS before enrolling into DEERS, but if you do your homework, and read every detail, that is not true.

I think you'll definitely have more difficulty doing this in CONUS, but I believe OCONUS, there are more foreign spouses, so the personnel are already used to them.

[AstralEdge 2]

For the short while during which I was an Army wife and that was shortly after we got married, way before I received my greencard. My husband had tried to enroll me in DEERS, but with no avail. We were told they either needed a SSN or an Alien number A- ### (which is stamped in your passport and is on your greencard). However I was able to get a temporary military dependent ID without those 2 documents. Life is funny.

[JP and Tee 13]

For the short while during which I was an Army wife and that was shortly after we got married, way before I received my greencard. My husband had tried to enroll me in DEERS, but with no avail. We were told they either needed a SSN or an Alien number A- ### (which is stamped in your passport and is on your greencard). However I was able to get a temporary military dependent ID without those 2 documents. Life is funny.

oh that is just strange! My husband got me enrolled with no problem, but we had to wait until I was in the US to do a walk-in at the ACS and get a temporary military dependent ID.

[Lenchick 133]

My husband enrolled me and his two step-children in DEERS without us being there with him. All I sent him was the copy of my passport and I am not American, children birth certificates and he also brought our marriage certificate. They gave him filled 1172-2 form with our names on it and official stamps. We used it as a proof of bona fide marriage to attach to our i-130 petitions.

[ekj 0]

You have to be physically present. I had a nightmare with deers...but I gave them my birth certificate apostiled and my passport as well as our marriage certificate, then they enrolled me. I dont have a SSN. They are just being asses, its bs you need a SSN my son doesnt have one and he enrolled too, we both got tricare prime and housing.

[li_09 40]

I also think it depends on who you get as well. I was 4 months pregnant and had not had a single check up because I wasn't enrolled. The lady we spoke to was plain rude and said she could not do anything without my SSN.

My husband went back 30 minutes later, spoke to a different person, they enrolled me and all I had to do was go back in and take a picture for my i.d. They gave me a temporary SSN.

some people just don't care

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