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[mogiftney 144]

10 hours ago, yuna628 said:

Keep the SSN in her regular name. You have plenty of opportunity to change it later (and you will have to several times), and it will avoid a lot of confused systems.

 

That's correct, you need to have proof of legal status. As you know, open enrollment is open now but only for a short window. But people with SQLE's like your fiance, can get access to the exchange even after open enrollment is shut because of the qualifiers they have, however there is a short timeframe window to qualify and apply.

So I have been doing some research on the SSN. I hear that we want to make sure that we’re in the SAVE database before applying? We may end up marrying before that happens (it says it could take weeks) so if we end up having to apply for her SSN after marriage, would we need to provide documents for name change or would we still be able to get the SSN in her maiden name and change it later? Will it affect AOS if we do/don’t have her maiden name on the SSN? And does she need a SSN for AOS? It’s all so confusing!

 

If my fiancée goes off exchange instead for health insurance would she still be able to take advantage of the SQLE of marriage (60 days) and just enroll immediately after marriage or wait until next year for open enrollment? I know she doesn’t have to prove legal status in this scenario so I’m guessing we wouldn’t need to wait for NOA1, but would we still need to take advantage of open enrollment?

[Lemonslice 4,838]

21 minutes ago, mogiftney said:

So I have been doing some research on the SSN. I hear that we want to make sure that we’re in the SAVE database before applying? We may end up marrying before that happens (it says it could take weeks) so if we end up having to apply for her SSN after marriage, would we need to provide documents for name change or would we still be able to get the SSN in her maiden name and change it later? Will it affect AOS if we do/don’t have her maiden name on the SSN? And does she need a SSN for AOS? It’s all so confusing!

Unless you are planning to marry as soon as you are out of the airport, there is no reason to not request the SSN prior to getting married.  Not sure where you did your research, but it is not current information. Should there be a problem with the database, requesting her SSN as early as possible will in fact give the SSA time to do a manual verification prior to the end of the period when you can apply. 

Easiest is prior to marriage, in maiden name. 

[mogiftney 144]

1 hour ago, Lemonslice said:

Unless you are planning to marry as soon as you are out of the airport, there is no reason to not request the SSN prior to getting married.  Not sure where you did your research, but it is not current information. Should there be a problem with the database, requesting her SSN as early as possible will in fact give the SSA time to do a manual verification prior to the end of the period when you can apply. 

Easiest is prior to marriage, in maiden name. 

Thanks much! That’s clears up a lot. If you were wondering what page the info I read was on, it was this:

 

 

“You should wait 2 weeks after you arrived in the US before applying for a SSN.”

Edited November 21, 2019 by mogiftney

[geowrian 22,337]

5 minutes ago, mogiftney said:

Thanks much! That’s clears up a lot. If you were wondering what page the info I read was on, it was this:

 

 

“You should wait 2 weeks after you arrived in the US before applying for a SSN.”

That information on waiting 2 weeks is back when it was a manual process. Now the record is electronically transferred at POE.

[mogiftney 144]

3 minutes ago, geowrian said:

That information on waiting 2 weeks is back when it was a manual process. Now the record is electronically transferred at POE.

Makes sense! Thanks!

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

6 hours ago, mogiftney said:

 

If my fiancée goes off exchange instead for health insurance would she still be able to take advantage of the SQLE of marriage (60 days) and just enroll immediately after marriage or wait until next year for open enrollment? I know she doesn’t have to prove legal status in this scenario so I’m guessing we wouldn’t need to wait for NOA1, but would we still need to take advantage of open enrollment?

I believe your fiancés significant qualifying life event would be immigration, not marriage, in regards to the exchange. Hence why getting married ASAP and having the NOA1 will be needed within 60 days of her immigration to sign up for an exchange plan.