Foreign ID Number(FIN) required to add as a military dependent

[JamieAndAmanda 0]

I asked DEERS/ID card office on base today what my fiancee needs to bring, after we are married, in order to be enrolled as a dependent. They said she needs a social but since we are not married yet she doesn't have one or a green card. They said they can do it with her Foreign ID Number. Where do I find this ? Is it in her VISA info in her passport ?

Should I have applied for something as soon as she entered the US a few weeks back ?

[Shauneg 762]

You needn't get married to apply for the SS card, but to get benefits from DEERs you must first be married. After that you can use your marriage certificate along with the SS card to get benefits. No point in trying beforehand. I would apply for the SS card now....so that you have it already when you get married. Sorry I don't know about the alien number, but again that's worthless in this case until you're married so might as well get the SS card now.

[Girl from Celebes 588]

I asked DEERS/ID card office on base today what my fiancee needs to bring, after we are married, in order to be enrolled as a dependent. They said she needs a social but since we are not married yet she doesn't have one or a green card. They said they can do it with her Foreign ID Number. Where do I find this ? Is it in her VISA info in her passport ?

Should I have applied for something as soon as she entered the US a few weeks back ?

1. You can't ask DEERS card before you got married since you needed to provide marriage certificate as a proof if the marriage is existed.
2. She can apply SSN card before you both are get married. K-1 visa holders are entitled to apply.
3. When I applied SSN card these things I brought these: passport dan I-94.
4. If you wanted your fiance(e) comes to a military base, you can ask visitor pass to The Base Pass/ID office. It usually valid up to 30 days. My husband applied a few of times before my DEERS card was approved. It took about 2 months to processing my DEERS card.
5. Foreign ID number - as my experience - was my passport number.

Edited January 28, 2015 by Girl from Celebes

[clairegie 265]

I got the same issue when my husband was trying to add me as a dependent on DEERS. What they did was they used my A-number temporarily (red numbers in the visa) and then I went back to have my actual SSN put it once I had it. He said it was a good thing that the A-number had 9 digits, same as SSN, so he was able to use it. Can do all of this after you are married and after you have the marriage certificate of course.

Edited February 2, 2015 by iammrsregie

[LMWG 0]

Hi, I get enroll and a 90 days valid Id with my birth certificate and passport (both in english) I use military one source for free certified translation.

[Shauneg 762]

I got the same issue when my husband was trying to add me as a dependent on DEERS. What they did was they used my A-number temporarily (red numbers in the visa) and then I went back to have my actual SSN put it once I had it. He said it was a good thing that the A-number had 9 digits, same as SSN, so he was able to use it. Can do all of this after you are married and after you have the marriage certificate of course.

Coming from someone with a background in this with 14 years experience, what that person did for you was wrong at DEERS. It obviously worked because the A-number was nine digits, but still wrong. That number could have been someone elses, may have been someone else's and their benefits may have been affected by that. I'm glad that seemed to work out, but I wouldn't be handing that advice off to others as innocent as it seems.