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My wife's card took exactly two weeks to arrive in the mail.
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We went and did this today. 1 hour 45 minute wait. I guess we could have made an appointment but I also heard that the office we went to only takes appointments by phone and that no one answered the phone. I filled out the SS-5 paper ahead of time, request for new card. When we checked in at the kiosk, it printed out her queue number and that ticket had a QR code to also complete the new card application online and give a confirmation number. And at the bottom it also had a "schedule appointment" button. I can't find that website now though, when I click through update citizenship on card on the SSA website it doesn't prompt me to fill in the info for a new card, it just prompts me to print out the PDF and then bring it to the office. Anyway, the staff member saw the SS-5 and asked for it and I said do you want the confirmation number of the online application instead an she said yes. It seems like you need one or the other when you go up to the window, a completed SS-5 or a confirmation number for a completed online application, otherwise you may risk having to go back and sit down and fill out the form and wait longer.
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What happens if she never goes to the SSA office and instead gets a job, uses her American passport as proof of citizenship, and then just tells the employer her SS number?
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top_secret reacted to a post in a topic:
Can newly naturalized wife with changed name check in for flight to USA using passport in maiden name?
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top_secret reacted to a post in a topic:
Can newly naturalized wife with changed name check in for flight to USA using passport in maiden name?
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Boarding pass was in Cambodian name. I'm guessing they did put the US passport info into APIS as there was no issue on arrival with the CBP officer scratching his head and say "we weren't expecting you" or anything like that
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My wife came on a K-1 visa and got a Social Security card that says "VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH DHS AUTHORIZATION." She has since adjusted status and naturalized. We want to get her a new SS card without that language on it. Is there any way to do that without going into the SSA office? Can it be requested in writing, online, by phone, etc.? They know her address and should know the person with this SS number is a US citizen now, does she have to go in person to request this? The SSA website suggests that going in person is required, I wonder if that's correct and why that is necessary.
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Just wanted to update @top_secret and everyone else on what happened here. We went to the EVA Air desk in Phnom Penh to check in for the flight to the USA. Handed over her Cambodian passport in maiden name which matched the ticket name. Also handed her American passport in married name which permits entry to the USA. No problem at all. They didn't even want to see the marriage certificate proving the name change, which they have previously scrutinized when we presented passport in maiden name and green card in married name. I guess they just looked at her photo and DOB in both passports and could tell it was the same person, despite different names. It probably didn't hurt that when we married and she changed her name, she kept her maiden name as her middle name. Probably also didn't hurt that she was traveling with the American husband and with American child who has same middle name and last name as hers. Thanks for the advice, the consensus here was correct.
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Thanks. I didn't get anywhere with the EVA call center, which is not surprising. I'm a little afraid to go to a ticket office beforehand, or to the airport beforehand, and have someone say "You need to buy a new ticket" and then make notes in the reservation to that effect.
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OldUser reacted to a post in a topic:
Can newly naturalized wife with changed name check in for flight to USA using passport in maiden name?
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Thanks, we'll just show up at the check in counter with both passports and the marriage certificate and see what happens. Flight is a a few weeks. I will report back on how it goes.
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Like I said, that's never been an issue when traveling on passport and ticket in maiden name and green card in married name. I just can't find any data points online about doing this when the passenger intends to use a U.S. passport to enter the USA but the ticket is in a different name.
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As an update, I tried calling EVA airlines, the operating carrier, but the EVA phone agent couldn't give me an answer and just said "WE advise changing the ticket." When I asked if she could fly with the documentation I mentioned. He put me on hold for a while, then the call dropped. The problem here is the ticket is booked using Avianca frequent flyer miles. EVA says they can't change the name because Avianca issued the ticket. Avianca says they can't change the name on the ticket at all. So they only options are (a) cancel the ticket, pay a $200 fee, hope the frequent flyer seat goes back into inventory and that the miles are reinstated quickly and she can rebook to fly with us, or (b) roll the dice and show up with the documents at the airport and see what happens, or (c) try to get some assurance in advance from EVA that they will accept her US passport in a different name.
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For the last couple of years, my wife has had a green card in her married name and Cambodian passport in maiden name. When she flies to the USA, we book in her maiden name, she shows her Cambodian passport in maiden name, and then the airline will ask for proof she can enter the USA and we show her green card in married name and marriage certificate proving name change. And they accept that. My wife should be naturalizing and getting a US passport later this month. This is faster than we expected. I have already booked her on a one way trip from Cambodia to the USA in August, in her maiden name. Her new US passport, like her soon to be confiscated green card, will be in her married name. So here is the question. Can she keep the August reservation in her maiden name, check in for the flight, and when the staff says "Where is your proof you can enter the USA'' she just shows US passport in married name and marriage certificate, like she did with the green card before. And then when she arrives in USA, she shows the American passport? Or does she now have to do a name change on the August ticket?
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In my experience, it's faster and easier to get a US replacement passport at an embassy abroad. Takes about ten days. My wife has her N400 interview coming up in a few days. If she passes and gets sworn in as a citizen next month and has a naturalization certificate, can she fly out of the USA on her foreign passport and then apply for a US passport at a US Embassy abroad, rather than trying to get the US passport here in the USA? Is there any downside to doing this? Thanks