when is the best time to apply for SSN

[lavander 0]

hello! My fiance and I will get married end of the month i just wonder when is the best time to apply for SSN is it before or after the wedding? thanks!

lavander

[payxibka 10,045]

de ja vu...

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=87448

Answers will be the same

Edited September 12, 2007 by fwaguy

[chapelashelle 0]

Get your SSN before you get married, as when you are married your status changes and you have to wait for your work permit to come through before you can get the ssn.

[I'm Gone 60]

The question isn't before or after the marriage, it's what name you put on the application. Applying with the maiden name is likely to cause you less of a hassle and more like to get the application processed with less of a delay.

As long as your status isn't within 14 days of expiring the fact that you are married really shouldn't matter and it doesn't invalidate your K-1 status.

If you choose to go the married name route these are a couple of things to point of to the SSA office if you have a problem:

C. Procedure - Immigration Document as Evidence of Legal Name

When issuing immigration documents, the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security issue them in the person’s legal name. The legal name is also generally the name in which the foreign passport was issued.

When an alien applies for an SSN card, SSA presumes the name on the immigration document is the legal name unless the applicant presents evidence of a legal name change (e.g., marriage) that occurred after the immigration document was issued.

RM 00203.210 Changing Numident Name Data:

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203210

RM 00203.735 Requesting Online (Primary) Verification By SAVE:

http://web.archive.org/web/20051002025945/.../lnx/0100203735

E. PROCEDURE—ONLINE SAVE QUERY RESPONSE INFORMATION DOES NOT AGREE WITH IMMIGRATION DOCUMENT

1. Name

e. Applicant Has Changed His/Her Name But SAVE Query Response Shows Old Name

In some cases, the applicant may have changed his/her name after DHS issued the immigration document (e.g., he/she has married and is now using the spouse’s last name) but does not present an immigration document showing the new name. In these cases, the DHS system reflects the new name only when the person provided the name change information to DHS and requested to have his/her immigration record changed to show the new name. When the SAVE query response shows the old name that is shown on the immigration document presented and not the new name on the identity document presented, do not consider this a name discrepancy for enumeration purposes. See RM 00203.200 when the applicant presents an identity document in the new name that is more recent than the immigration document to determine if the identity document is acceptable.

[I'm Gone 60]

One other thing if you want to go with the maiden name after you are married, it's don't ask, don't tell and be sure to take off your ring. LOL

[Jasman0717 9]

Two weeks after coming to America worked the best for us