applying for SSN

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i just received my EAD card today and i plan to apply for SSN asap. My EAD card was on my maiden name, now i wanted to apply for SSN with my married name. This is the first time im applying for SSN. Can i just apply using my married name and bring my marriage certificate to show proof of name change? Thanks!

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i just received my EAD card today and i plan to apply for SSN asap. My EAD card was on my maiden name, now i wanted to apply for SSN with my married name. This is the first time im applying for SSN. Can i just apply using my married name and bring my marriage certificate to show proof of name change? Thanks!

Of course you can... you may find that the SSA will delay issuance of the card because they cannot verify your status because the names do not match (or do not exist in there system) but there is nothing preventing you from trying.

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i just received my EAD card today and i plan to apply for SSN asap. My EAD card was on my maiden name, now i wanted to apply for SSN with my married name. This is the first time im applying for SSN. Can i just apply using my married name and bring my marriage certificate to show proof of name change? Thanks!

Depends, does your marriage certificate have your age or date of birth? The marriage certificate is a valid name change document, but without the age or date of birth you will need an identity document in the married name.

https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203200

RM 00203.200 Evidence of Identity for an SSN Card

D. Policy - Use of Legal Name

2. Evidence of Legal Name

An applicant for an SSN card whose name has legally changed after birth must submit an identity document showing the legal name.

Primary Evidence Alien Age 18 and older

-- Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card (includes temporary I-551 stamp/machine readable immigrant visa (MRIV) in combination with an unexpired foreign passport when the I-551 Permanent Resident Card has not yet been issued)

-- Form I-94, Arrival/departure Record in combination with an unexpired foreign passport

-- Form I-766, Employment Authorization card

-- Form I-688B, Employment Authorization card

Secondary Evidence

-- Unexpired valid U.S. driver’s license ( excludes licenses known to be suspended or revoked)

-- U.S. State issued non-driver identity card (issued by the same State agency which issues driver’s licenses/State-level

agency with issuing authority over the State’s identity card and not expired)

-- Marriage document showing in addition to the applicant’s name either the applicant’s DOB or age

-- Certified copy of medical record (clinic, doctor, or hospital) or letter providing extract data from the medical record

showing in addition to the applicant’s name, the applicant’s DOB or age

-- Health insurance or Medicaid card showing, in addition to the person’s name, either a photograph of the person or

his/her DOB

-- School identity card or record (for current school year) showing, in addition to the applicant’s name, either a

photograph of the applicant or the applicant’s DOB

-- Life insurance policy for the person showing his/her age or DOB.

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The is for a name change when you already have an SSN, but it establishes that the immigration document doesn't need to be in the married name if the marriage certificate has the applicant's age or DOB.

https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203210

RM 00203.210 Changing Numident Name Data

D. Examples of Legal Name Changes

4. Name Change to a Name Different From Name on Immigration Document

Monica Mumma Stottlemyer applies for a replacement SSN card in her married name. She:

-- Completes an SS-5 showing her first name as Monica, her middle name as Mumma, and her last name as Smith;

-- Completes the other names used field, showing that name as “Monica (first name), Mumma Stottlemyer (last name);”

-- Signs the SS-5 as “Monica M. Smith;”

-- Submits a U.S. marriage document showing Monica Mumma Stottlemyer and John Smith married last week (the

marriage document shows the dates of birth for Monica and John);

-- Submits a driver's license with her photograph that shows the name Monica M. Smith; and

-- Submits a DHS employment authorization card with her photograph and showing her name as “Mumma Stottlemyer,

Monica.”

The U.S. marriage document supports the legal name change and is acceptable evidence of identity in both the old name and the new name because it shows biographical data (date of birth) that can be compared to the Numident record. Further, the name to be shown on the SSN card agrees with the name on the additional identity document in the new legal name (the driver's license).

SSA can process the name change request to have the name “Monica (first name) Mumma (middle name) Smith (last name) to be shown in the card and enter “Monica (first name) Mumma Stottlemyer (compound surname) as an “other name used.” The compound surname must be entered the same way it is shown on the immigration document. Advise the number holder to also contact DHS to change her surname to “Smith” with that agency.

Note it says ADVISE to contact DHS, not MUST change it with immigration first.