Getting the "DHS Authorization" removed from my SS card.

[thejoz 0]

It suddenly struck me today - I received my conditional Green Card in February, at which point I would have been eligible to go down to the Social Security office and get the "Work only with DHS authorization" removed from my SS card. We've been so busy that we haven't gotten around to doing it yet. Could we go this week, for the sake of argument, and get it done no problem? Does it actually matter one way or another?

[Otto 83]

The PR/Green Card would allow you to have the annotation removed. Thats what we did.

Edited July 8, 2009 by Otto und Karin

[thejoz 0]

Oh I know what I need to take down there to do it. I just want to know if it matters that I'm doing it a few months after I got my Green Card. I don't see why it should, but you never know.

[Otto 83]

Oh I know what I need to take down there to do it. I just want to know if it matters that I'm doing it a few months after I got my Green Card. I don't see why it should, but you never know.

I know what you mean/meant - no, doesn't matter.

[trillium13 84]

You can get the new SS card anytime, no time limits. You definitely should do it though, no question there, to avoid potential problems later.

[Old Dominion 26]

what kind of problems??? it's a valid SS card

[Lili 3]

what kind of problems??? it's a valid SS card

At removal of conditions' time, your green card get extended with the NOA1 for an additional year. Many people had issues having their employers to accept an expired green card + NOA1 to satisfy the I-9 requirements. An easy way is to show state issued ID and unrestricted SS card.

[rebeccajo 14]

what kind of problems??? it's a valid SS card

Given the fact that E-Verify uses SS records to verify the legality of employment, why would you want to leave an invalid restriction on your number?

[jundp 191]

what kind of problems??? it's a valid SS card

Given the fact that E-Verify uses SS records to verify the legality of employment, why would you want to leave an invalid restriction on your number?

But what is being restricted? If you have a valid GC and you have to show that anyway, would it really cause any problems?

Just wondering.

[Lili 3]

what kind of problems??? it's a valid SS card

Given the fact that E-Verify uses SS records to verify the legality of employment, why would you want to leave an invalid restriction on your number?

But what is being restricted? If you have a valid GC and you have to show that anyway, would it really cause any problems?

Just wondering.

By restricted, Rebeccajo meant the notion on your SS card (till you get it removed) saying "not valid without DHS authorization". The problems with conditional green cards arise at removal time like I mentioned in a post previously.

It takes 5 minutes at the SS office to have it removed. Why not just do it and avoid any issues in the long run?

[trillium13 84]

what kind of problems??? it's a valid SS card

At removal of conditions' time, your green card get extended with the NOA1 for an additional year. Many people had issues having their employers to accept an expired green card + NOA1 to satisfy the I-9 requirements. An easy way is to show state issued ID and unrestricted SS card.

There was a thread on here at one point, I've been looking for it but can't find it. I can't remember the exact situation, but someone had trouble with their employer not accepting their SS card with the restriction on it, because their GC had technically "expired" during the process of removal of conditions. If I remember correctly, their employer was not allowing them to work.

It's so easy to just go get a new one.

[rebeccajo 14]

what kind of problems??? it's a valid SS card

Given the fact that E-Verify uses SS records to verify the legality of employment, why would you want to leave an invalid restriction on your number?

But what is being restricted? If you have a valid GC and you have to show that anyway, would it really cause any problems?

Just wondering.

If you have other documents that satisfy the requirements of the I9, you never have to show your greencard.

Use the same documents as any USC - a SS card (without restrictions) and a driver's license. Keep yourself on the same playing field as the rest of the workforce.

Edited to add that this has become a 'soapbox' issue with me. After four years of navigating the waters of immigration, I'm sick-and-dammit-tired of proving this, that and the other thing. I don't WANT my husband to be 'different' in ANY aspect of his life in America. I don't want people poking and nibbing about for a peek at his greencard. It's none of their f***ing business as far as I am concerned. We've paid our money and done our time in the system - he's a legally documented alien. If that hard work and spent money gives him the right to obtain documents (driver's license; unrestricted SS card) then we want them.

Edited July 12, 2009 by rebeccajo

[rebeccajo 14]

what kind of problems??? it's a valid SS card

Given the fact that E-Verify uses SS records to verify the legality of employment, why would you want to leave an invalid restriction on your number?

But what is being restricted? If you have a valid GC and you have to show that anyway, would it really cause any problems?

Just wondering.

By restricted, Rebeccajo meant the notion on your SS card (till you get it removed) saying "not valid without DHS authorization". The problems with conditional green cards arise at removal time like I mentioned in a post previously.

It takes 5 minutes at the SS office to have it removed. Why not just do it and avoid any issues in the long run?

That's a good point, but it's not all I was meaning.

When E-Verify accesses Social Security numbers, that is all it is doing. It isn't also accessing USCIS records to see if an employment authorization document has been issued by the Service and matches up to that particular Social Security number. So here comes the alien now - having to prove to his employer that he is work authorized.

Why have the question raised at all? Get the restriction removed.

[JeremyR 8]

Edited to add that this has become a 'soapbox' issue with me. After four years of navigating the waters of immigration, I'm sick-and-dammit-tired of proving this, that and the other thing. I don't WANT my husband to be 'different' in ANY aspect of his life in America. I don't want people poking and nibbing about for a peek at his greencard. It's none of their f***ing business as far as I am concerned. We've paid our money and done our time in the system - he's a legally documented alien. If that hard work and spent money gives him the right to obtain documents (driver's license; unrestricted SS card) then we want them.

(Where's the "hear, hear" smiley when you need it?!)

I've been told several times that I'm incorrect for saying that people really, really should get that annotation removed but for precisely the reasons above, it's something that every GC holder should do.

There is at least one other reasons too, that applies to any permanent resident, not just one in RoC. Consider this: You have a restricted SS card. You have a run of horrible luck and lose your GC and your job. How do you prove your employment authorised status to your next employer? Answer is that you can't. Not until you get a replacement GC issued and that takes time and money (although an I-551 stamp may also suffice?). With an unrestricted SS card, it's a simple matter of showing your card and state ID, job done, status proven.

Edited July 14, 2009 by JeremyR

[Anh map 2,098]

what kind of problems??? it's a valid SS card

Given the fact that E-Verify uses SS records to verify the legality of employment, why would you want to leave an invalid restriction on your number?

But what is being restricted? If you have a valid GC and you have to show that anyway, would it really cause any problems?

Just wondering.

If you have other documents that satisfy the requirements of the I9, you never have to show your greencard.

Use the same documents as any USC - a SS card (without restrictions) and a driver's license. Keep yourself on the same playing field as the rest of the workforce.

Edited to add that this has become a 'soapbox' issue with me. After four years of navigating the waters of immigration, I'm sick-and-dammit-tired of proving this, that and the other thing. I don't WANT my husband to be 'different' in ANY aspect of his life in America. I don't want people poking and nibbing about for a peek at his greencard. It's none of their f***ing business as far as I am concerned. We've paid our money and done our time in the system - he's a legally documented alien. If that hard work and spent money gives him the right to obtain documents (driver's license; unrestricted SS card) then we want them.

Have you scrubbed away that "foreign" accent of his so he blends in is as well?