New Social Security Card?

[Visitor User 253]

Hello. I was approved for a replacement SSC after I was approved for initial EAD which had a restriction of “VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH DHS AUTHORIZATION.”

 

Do I need to go back to SSA office and apply for the non restricted SSC and give them my current SSC? I am a PR now. 

Edited March 1, 2019 by Visitor User

[EM_Vandaveer 2,408]

Yes.

[Visitor User 253]

7 minutes ago, EM_Vandaveer said:

Yes.

Looks like only USC can do this online. 

[AftM89 158]

9 minutes ago, Visitor User said:

Looks like only USC can do this online. 

Yeah I went in Tuesday to get that done quick and easy just don’t surrender the current card till you get new one in the mail

[Visitor User 253]

2 hours ago, AftM89 said:

Yeah I went in Tuesday to get that done quick and easy just don’t surrender the current card till you get new one in the mail

Won't SSA ask for me to surrender my current SSC to get the unrestricted one?

[AftM89 158]

4 hours ago, Visitor User said:

Won't SSA ask for me to surrender my current SSC to get the unrestricted one?

Just tell them you lost it,but they didn’t ask for mine

[Visitor User 253]

12 hours ago, AftM89 said:

Just tell them you lost it,but they didn’t ask for mine

But I did not lose it.

[AftM89 158]

6 minutes ago, Visitor User said:

But I did not lose it.

🙄🙄🙄I mean don’t tell them you have it,just say you misplaced it so that you don’t surrender it before you receive the new one

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

13 hours ago, AftM89 said:

Just tell them you lost it,but they didn’t ask for mine

I wouldnt advocate lying. This is a public forum.

[AftM89 158]

Just now, WeGuyGal said:

I wouldnt advocate lying. This is a public forum.

Then let him do what he wants with it😀

[Visitor User 253]

1 hour ago, AftM89 said:

🙄🙄🙄I mean don’t tell them you have it,just say you misplaced it so that you don’t surrender it before you receive the new one

I thought there was a process with SSA to replace it to unrestricted SSC when the beneficiary becomes a PR? I mean this must be very common right?

[Mike E 11,739]

Leave your old SS card at home.   

 

Apply for the new SS card.  

 

When I replaced my SS card after naturalization, I was not asked for my old card.  

[Visitor User 253]

5 hours ago, Mike E said:

Leave your old SS card at home.   

 

Apply for the new SS card.  

 

When I replaced my SS card after naturalization, I was not asked for my old card.  

Ok so I don’t need to give them back my current SSC?

 

SSC for PR and USC are same with no restrictions. 

[Visitor User 253]

5 hours ago, Mike E said:

Leave your old SS card at home.   

 

Apply for the new SS card.  

 

When I replaced my SS card after naturalization, I was not asked for my old card.  

I noticed you are from Myanmar and live in The Bay. Have you been to Mandalay restaurant? Best Burmese food. 

[Mike E 11,739]

6 hours ago, Visitor User said:

I noticed you are from Myanmar and live in The Bay. Have you been to Mandalay restaurant? Best Burmese food. 

My wife is Burmese. I’m Canadian.  

 

And thus the best Burmese food in the Bay Area is in my house.  

 

Seriously though have just eaten at Burma Bistro in Santa Clara and Burma Ruby in Palo Alto.  Never heard of Mandalay restaurant. Looks good. It’s an effort to go to SF. Will try it when she gets homesick.  

 

6 hours ago, Visitor User said:

Ok so I don’t need to give them back my current SSC?

 

SSC for PR and USC are same with no restrictions. 

Technically when you convert from green card to USC, you are supposed to notify the SSA and get a new card.  That’s what they told us at the oath ceremony.  So that is what I did.  

 

My first SS card was issued when when I was on an I-20, and it never had any restrictions listed on it (those came on SS cards a few years later).  So I never replaced it after getting my first green card. And in those days one went from married directly to permanent residency without EAD.