Social Security Office After Oath

[Bugs 455]

The Social Security Office is literally right next door to where she would be taking her oath ceremony.   I do understand that she needs to inform them of her US citizenship once she obtains it, and it would be very convenient to get this done then and there before submitting the certificate to the US passport agency.

 

Would doing it right away like this cause possible problems down the road?  We are planning on applying for a mortgage this autumn, for instance, and we know that some banks check with the SSA, as we found out when getting a car loan.

 

If so, how long should we wait?  How long does the normal US passport processing time take?

 

Thanks in advance!

[Starkilla09 366]

Notifying SSA after being naturalized isn't something that you have to do ASAP or have an adverse effect. She can do it at anytime convenient, it has more to do with updating system for retirement benefits. Has no role to play with applying for a mortgage or potentially cause any problems down the road with anything so there's no rush. As for passports the state department says 4-6 weeks but chances are you'll get it way earlier between 2 and 3 weeks. Most people get it within 2.

[Bugs 455]

19 minutes ago, Starkilla09 said:

Notifying SSA after being naturalized isn't something that you have to do ASAP or have an adverse effect. She can do it at anytime convenient, it has more to do with updating system for retirement benefits. Has no role to play with applying for a mortgage or potentially cause any problems down the road with anything so there's no rush. As for passports the state department says 4-6 weeks but chances are you'll get it way earlier between 2 and 3 weeks. Most people get it within 2.

When we got a car loan, the bank wanted to verify her status and chose to do it through the SSA, causing a 2 week delay even though we had updated the SSA with her LPR status months in advance.  We just don't want to exacerbate such a scenario by updating the SSA with her citizenship status before SSA can verify it though USCIS' system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 18, 2017 by Bugs

[lovelyalex 99]

I think I read it in this forum that someone was told at their oath to not let the SSA know straight away, as it takes a few weeks for the USCIS office to update their records and close cases etc.  I think the magic number was something like 2-3 weeks.  I'm not sure what thread I read it in though, sorry.

[Bugs 455]

Very well then.  It's a pain for us to go down there, as it's during work hours and we have to pay for parking, but if they are not ready for it right away, then they are not ready.

 

Sounds like the thing to do is to just do the passport first.  Then when the DoS returns the Naturalization Certificate in the mail, the SSA will be ready to handle it.

 

Thanks for the input folks!

 

 

 

Edited June 19, 2017 by Bugs