need an answer about applying for SS card

[bgamb 3]

It affects nothing here in the USA. It does affect reporting her marriage to the Philippines, or getting a passport in her married name (which cannot be done without reporting the marriage). So when she travels, she'll have a passport in her maiden name requiring her to carry a copy of the marriage certificate when re-entering the USA. Essentially she will have one legal name there, and another legal name in the USA. If its possible, I'd try to get the name fixed on the marriage license to prevent the later headache of having two names.

I am in NY state

the local town clerk told me that they CANNOT allow her to move her last name to the middle

I called NY state office of vital statistics and they said the same thing

The only thing that they could do is use HER last name and combine with MY last name....this would be her new surname

for example per above....she would become

Jane

Smith (middle)

Obama Schwartz (2 last names)

Instead, she said.....later, just have her change the name on her PH passport to the new married name....sounds reasonable to me

So if we go back to PH...we bring our marr license........and let her get a revised PH passport as Jane Smith Scwartz

thoughts???

[Ronn63 41]

I posted about this issue before....we went to our local SSA office after getting married in August. The clerk told her she couldn't apply for an SSN card until we registered her married name with USCIS, ie: green card. I thought this was bull cookies, so, after a little research, we went to another SSA office that one of her filipina friends went to and *POOF* ssn issued. I think the answers will vary between SSA offices and knowledge or lack of knowledge of the staff.

Good luck!!

Oh, and she moved her maiden name to her middle name. So, Nancy Patricia Cooper became Nancy Cooper Irwin. (Names have been changed to protect the innocent.)

[Caryh 5,206]

I am in NY state

the local town clerk told me that they CANNOT allow her to move her last name to the middle

I called NY state office of vital statistics and they said the same thing

The only thing that they could do is use HER last name and combine with MY last name....this would be her new surname

for example per above....she would become

Jane

Smith (middle)

Obama Schwartz (2 last names)

Instead, she said.....later, just have her change the name on her PH passport to the new married name....sounds reasonable to me

So if we go back to PH...we bring our marr license........and let her get a revised PH passport as Jane Smith Scwartz

thoughts???

The Philippines has written into law what names a woman can take after marriage. Keeping the maternal middle name and discarding the paternal last name is not a legal option through the consulate or back in the Philippines. The only method of getting that allowed is to petition the Philippine courts for that name change. It would be easier, cheaper and more likely to succeed to change the name in the USA courts. I did a search on NY rules for this, and they do indeed disallow changing the middle name. I think the confusion they're having is what we call the middle name is not a middle name. It is the Maternal name or Paternal name after marriage. Filipinos do not have middle names. The have first names, sometimes more than one, and they have family names, normally two, but rarely a middle name.

[M and C 32]

I applied for my SS card after I got married. Brought my application form with my married name and also our marriage certificate. Fortunately I didn't have any problems applying in my married name. Got my SS card after 5 working days.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

I applied for my SS card after I got married. Brought my application form with my married name and also our marriage certificate. Fortunately I didn't have any problems applying in my married name. Got my SS card after 5 working days.

What did you end up using for the final complete name? (to protect the innocent please use an example not your personal formal name) I'm curious.

[raven52 233]

The same thing happened to us! We waited until after we were married, and applied, and had to wait until she had her EAD/AP card before they would even take the application, and that was 9-17.,.,,.,BUT.,., we were also there on 7-5 and thought we had applied, and was given a receipt on (7-5) and thought we had applied then.,.,went back in September.,.,,NO record of us ever being there! We have now been there 4 times, have another receipt number, and the "Office manager" is our case worker.,,.,.we are so tired of inept government workers, over paid, and ignorant of what their jobs are! Very frustrated!

From just our experience, always get your ss# before YOU ARE married, then go back for a name change!

And they just got a 3 week paid vacation..,., now we will get "we have a back log of work" and every thing else will be delayed! Just my opinion.

[JerReg 25]

Hey folks

Today the government is up and running again so SS offices should be able to handle new applications for SS cards

Here is my question

We will marry this sunday----should I go and have my fiancée apply NOW with her maiden name.....or wait till after our honeymoon?

I thought I read comments here that after the wedding ceremony and her name changes.....SS can give you a hard time since her identification papers all

have her maiden name

thoughts??

thanks

This is something that is completely up to your county. For example, in my county, they give you the marriage certificate already with married name... So, when we went down the office to have my SSC, everything as ok and when it arrived in our home, it was with my married name. I just sent my papers for adjustment of status about a month after that!

[M and C 32]

What did you end up using for the final complete name? (to protect the innocent please use an example not your personal formal name) I'm curious.

Hi!

This was my maiden name: X/Y/Z (First/Middle/Last);

This is my husband's name: A/B/C (First/Middle/Last);

This is my final complete name and the one I used to apply for my SSN: X/YZ/C (First/Middle/Last) -- and this is also reflected in our marriage certificate

[Caryh 5,206]

Hi!

This was my maiden name: X/Y/Z (First/Middle/Last);

This is my husband's name: A/B/C (First/Middle/Last);

This is my final complete name and the one I used to apply for my SSN: X/YZ/C (First/Middle/Last) -- and this is also reflected in our marriage certificate

Article 370 Philippines Family Code

(1) Her maiden first name and surname and add her husband’s surname, or

(2) Her maiden first name and her husband’s surname, or

(3) Her husband’s full name, but prefixing a word indicating that she is his wife, such as “Mrs.”

The Supreme Court amended this to clarify a married woman may also keep her maiden name under Philippines law.

In your example, legal names a married woman can have on official Philippines documents are

X/Y/Z - original maiden name

X/Z/C - most common

X/C -never heard of anyone picking this option

Mrs A/B/C - I can't even imagine going by that name unless its just to formally address a couple as Mr & Mrs A/B/C

Edited October 21, 2013 by Caryh

[Bayareaguy 156]

We tried to get my wife's SS card in her married name...we had a dummy as a clerk, so nope, maiden name issued. Even with the name change clearly on the marriage cert. So we will waste more of our time, and a clerks time (tax payer money BTW) getting it changed.

[Caryh 5,206]

We tried to get my wife's SS card in her married name...we had a dummy as a clerk, so nope, maiden name issued. Even with the name change clearly on the marriage cert. So we will waste more of our time, and a clerks time (tax payer money BTW) getting it changed.

We had no issue getting it in her married name. Then after she got her green card, we returned to get the note about needing DHS permission to work removed. Even though her green card was in her married name, apparently the system SSA looks up the status in, still had her maiden name. The clerk, also an immigrant, put in a request USCIS correct that and said he needed that properly updated to issue the updated card. Even contacted us personally to let us know when it had been corrected and the card would come soon. Everyone we dealt with was wonderful as the SS office every time. I wish everyone had as well run SS office as we went to.