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So that's actually how it works? Interesting. Well this looks like the answer I needed so thanks for the info.

Thanks for the info. Now, social security number notwithstanding, what should we do in the mean time as far as her name goes and what name to put on the health insurance? Because the health insurance needs to be done asap.

She doesn't have a social security number because she is an immigrant.

So, I understand that I have 60 days to add my wife to my health insurance. We just got married 2 weeks ago, and I had a question about what exact name to put for her for the insurance, the one she has now on her passport or the one she wants to be called now that we're married. She wants to add my last name to her name, but so far there's nothing official for that. When filing the marriage certificate we were told not to put my last name on the form and to change it afterwards "just call this number and give them your social" is what she said to my wife, but she doesn't have a social. The clerk didn't elaborate on this, I suspect because she either didn't understand my wife's immigration status or wasn't sure what else to tell us.

Everything was such a blur that I forgot about this thread but we did get approved. Shes been in the US for 3 weeks and we just got married yesterday!

That's exactly what I was thinking. As long as that's a response that they are used to hearing, then that puts my mind at ease. I think this is more about me being really nervous and trying to make sure that we have no issues.

We have our k1 interview Friday. So, I've read that its a good idea to be able to provide concrete evidence of wedding plans during the interview. My fiancée and I have not made any plans for a ceremony yet as the time tables have been really uncertain. Also weddings are crazy expensive and I guess were both sort of financially pragmatic when it comes to that. We were planning to just go to the courthouse and get married pretty much ASAP and then maybe plan a small ceremony or even a less formal reception at a later date after taking some time to breathe and save up and work out the logistics. A lot of people I know here in the states do that, so that seems like a normal thing to me. Would a lack of specific plans for an actual ceremony be an issue? Would saying " were gonna go to the courthouse" be fine?

I didn't think this would be an issue but I've been hearing from someone with experience on the matter that if my fiancée says that she's unemployed during the interview process, they're likely to immediately reject it as its "the worst way to answer that question". I'm skeptical because I'm seeing people here on forums saying the opposite and it also just doesn't make any sense to reject a k1 visa for that. Like if you're going to a different country you'd have to quit that job and start from scratch anyway, so what does it matter if you have a job or not? She does have a non profit organization that she co founded, I feel like that should be enough of an answer if they ask, right? This non profit work is also documented on her ds-160 and our i-129f. So, is this a non issue?