SS Card

[Dan&Yvette 15]

Hi VJer's!!! I finally got my GC today... I'm so happy...

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I'm just a little confused about my SS card. I received my card on January and it has a note " valid for work only with DHS Authorization... ".. Do I need to go back to SS office for them to remove the restrictions on my card?

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by the way, thanks to this website for helping me..

[aleful 1,905]

hi

yes, wait a couple of weeks so that social security has the new status updated in their database, you will receive a new card without that in the mail

[Mountain Climber 186]

Hi VJer's!!! I finally got my GC today... I'm so happy...

and

I'm just a little confused about my SS card. I received my card on January and it has a note " valid for work only with DHS Authorization... ".. Do I need to go back to SS office for them to remove the restrictions on my card?

****

by the way, thanks to this website for helping me..

Congrats!

[Dan&Yvette 15]

hi

yes, wait a couple of weeks so that social security has the new status updated in their database, you will receive a new card without that in the mail

Really??? wow!!! I thought I need to go to SS office, stand in line and wait...

wow its a good news for me... thanks aleful!!

Congrats!

Thanks!

[Hank_ 9,174]

Hi VJer's!!! I finally got my GC today... I'm so happy...

and

I'm just a little confused about my SS card. I received my card on January and it has a note " valid for work only with DHS Authorization... ".. Do I need to go back to SS office for them to remove the restrictions on my card?

****

by the way, thanks to this website for helping me..

Not necessary to get that removed to work, as the green card IS authorization .

My wife worked for two years with that wording still on her SS card.

Really??? wow!!! I thought I need to go to SS office, stand in line and wait...

wow its a good news for me... thanks aleful!!

Thanks!

You will not get a new card unless you request it. SSA does not automatically mail a new card out without you requesting it.

[Dan&Yvette 15]

Not necessary to get that removed to work, as the green card IS authorization .

My wife worked for two years with that wording still on her SS card.

You will not get a new card unless you request it. SSA does not automatically mail a new card out without you requesting it.

Thanks Hank_!!

[Greenbaum 12,259]

Hi VJer's!!! I finally got my GC today... I'm so happy...

and

I'm just a little confused about my SS card. I received my card on January and it has a note " valid for work only with DHS Authorization... ".. Do I need to go back to SS office for them to remove the restrictions on my card?

****

by the way, thanks to this website for helping me..

The only reason to return to SS is to have a new SS with married name. If you have already finished that step, then no need to return. They will not issue a SS without that statement till such time you become a USC.

[Hank_ 9,174]

The only reason to return to SS is to have a new SS with married name. If you have already finished that step, then no need to return. They will not issue a SS without that statement till such time you become a USC.

That isn't correct, once a person has their green card (they do not need to be a USC) they can go to SSA to request a new SS card without that statement. My wife made a trip to SSA just before we flew over to the Philippines to get her SS card reissued without that statement.

Edited June 9, 2015 by Hank_

[Brassballs 47]

Interesting that there are 3 different answers to the OP question.

What is one to do?

[Greenbaum 12,259]

That isn't correct, once a person has their green card (they do not need to be a USC) they can go to SSA to request a new SS card without that statement. My wife made a trip to SSA just before we flew over to the Philippines to get her SS card reissued without that statement.

What is the reason that one would have that statement removed if you have a GC which trumps the statement on the SS? Vanity?

[Hank_ 9,174]

What is the reason that one would have that statement removed if you have a GC which trumps the statement on the SS? Vanity?

Vanity? Who sees the SS card except an employer? Removing the statement removes confusion for employers with low wattage light bulbs

Still the fact, don't need to be a USC to get that statement removed from the SS card

How you all doin'? Aside from the heat and humidity... we are good!

[Greenbaum 12,259]

Vanity? Who sees the SS card except an employer? Removing the statement removes confusion for employers with low wattage light bulbs

Still the fact, don't need to be a USC to get that statement removed from the SS card

How you all doin'? Aside from the heat and humidity... we are good!

Yes, I agree that if you remove the statement from SS it will eliminate any second guessing that the employer may make. In the first two years you change the SS card 3 times. Seems to me to be a waste of taxpayer money. Why issue it with the statement when the employer is required by law to e-verify. I am always learning. Thanks for your insight.

We are doing great. Yup it's hot 90plus. Wife bought her first car on credit. She is a big shot now.

[nadya_mb20 1]

Just to share my experience, my initial SSN card also had that Homeland Security restrictions. The reason for that is because I applied for it using my EAD. When I got my GC, I went back there and asked to remove the restriction. It was a smooth process and they just sent an updated one in the mail. Hope this information helps.

[Hank_ 9,174]

Yes, I agree that if you remove the statement from SS it will eliminate any second guessing that the employer may make. In the first two years you change the SS card 3 times. Seems to me to be a waste of taxpayer money. Why issue it with the statement when the employer is required by law to e-verify. I am always learning. Thanks for your insight.

We are doing great. Yup it's hot 90plus. Wife bought her first car on credit. She is a big shot now.

Change three times? My wife went to SS two days after we were married, requested her SS card in her MARRIED name, hadn't been back since until she went there to remove the statement a couple months back. Ya... we were lucky and got a person at SSA with a brain, instead of made of straw

[Dan&Yvette 15]

Thanks for all the information.. Appreciated..

My ss card has my married name on it... I just can't understand why every time I provide or entered my SS # (for example, to subscribe in Xfinity (internet provider)) I always got an "invalid SS #" message..

That's why I came up posting a topic here in VJ,

I think I might need to go back to SS office to remove the restrictions on my SS card...