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I am hoping to go to the social security office today at lunch to get a new card with my new name. Do I need to bring my birth certificate? Or just a form of ID like a license and my marriage cert?
I brought everything and she looked at it all. I wasn't sure what I needed so I brought my marriage cert, birth cert and of course license. She did ask if I had my old ss card but it's lost and she didn't press it any further.
I brought everything..I think she only took my license though
I brought my ID, Birth certificate, and marriage license. They only took my marriage license. They didn't even ID me. I could have had my mom go do it or some total random person. LOL. But be safe and bring it all!
Posted by ant n tilde
Corrected Card for a U.S. -Born Adult
If you legally change your name because of marriage, divorce, court order or any other reason, you need to tell Social Security so that you can get a corrected card. If you are working, also tell your employer. If you do not tell us when your name changes, it may:
Delay your tax refund; and
Prevent your wages from being posted correctly to your Social Security record, which may lower the amount of your future Social Security benefits.
To change your name on your Social Security card:
Complete an Application For A Social Security Card (Form SS-5);
Show us proof of your:
U.S. citizenship (if you have not previously established your citizenship with us);
Legal name change; and
Identity.
Take your completed application and original documents to your local Social Security office.
We may use one document for two purposes. For example, we may use your U.S. passport as proof of both citizenship and identity.
All documents must be either originals or copies certified by the issuing agency. We cannot accept photocopies or notarized copies of documents. We also cannot accept a receipt showing you applied for the document.
Citizenship
If you have not already established your U.S. citizenship with us, we need to see proof of U.S. citizenship. We can accept only certain documents as proof of U.S. citizenship. These include:
U.S. birth certificate; or
U.S. passport.
Name change
If you need to change your name on your Social Security card, you must show us a recently issued document as proof of your legal name change. Documents Social Security may accept to prove a legal name change include:
Marriage document;
Divorce decree; or
Court order for a name change.
If the document you provide as evidence of a legal name change does not give us enough information to identify you in our records or if you legally changed your name more than two years ago, you must provide Social Security with additional documentation of your identity.
Marriage, divorce or annulment: In addition to showing us a legal document proving your marriage, divorce or annulment, you must provide an identity document. That document must show your old name, as well as other identifying information or a recent photograph. (We can accept an expired document as evidence of your old name.)
Other name change: In addition to showing us a legal document citing your new name, such as a court order, you must provide us with two identity documents, including:
One identity document in your old name (which can be expired); and
One identity document in your new legal name, which must be current (unexpired).
Both of these documents must show identifying information or a recent photograph.
Identity
We can accept only certain documents as proof of identity. For example, as proof of identity Social Security must see:
U.S. driver’s license;
State-issued nondriver identification card; or
U.S. passport.
If you do not have one of these specific documents or you cannot get a replacement for one of them within 10 days, we will ask to see other documents, including:
Employee ID card;
School ID card;
Health insurance card (not a Medicare card); or
U.S. military ID card.
Your new card will have the same number as your previous card, but will show your new name. We will mail your card as soon as we have all of your information and have verified your documents.
Keep your Social Security card in a safe place. It is an important document. Do not carry it with you.
Posted by JBoothIn2008
Posted by ant n tilde
Corrected Card for a U.S. -Born Adult
If you legally change your name because of marriage, divorce, court order or any other reason, you need to tell Social Security so that you can get a corrected card. If you are working, also tell your employer. If you do not tell us when your name changes, it may:
Delay your tax refund; and
Prevent your wages from being posted correctly to your Social Security record, which may lower the amount of your future Social Security benefits.
To change your name on your Social Security card:
Complete an Application For A Social Security Card (Form SS-5);
Show us proof of your:
U.S. citizenship (if you have not previously established your citizenship with us);
Legal name change; and
Identity.
Take your completed application and original documents to your local Social Security office.
We may use one document for two purposes. For example, we may use your U.S. passport as proof of both citizenship and identity.
All documents must be either originals or copies certified by the issuing agency. We cannot accept photocopies or notarized copies of documents. We also cannot accept a receipt showing you applied for the document.
Citizenship
If you have not already established your U.S. citizenship with us, we need to see proof of U.S. citizenship. We can accept only certain documents as proof of U.S. citizenship. These include:
U.S. birth certificate; or
U.S. passport.
Name change
If you need to change your name on your Social Security card, you must show us a recently issued document as proof of your legal name change. Documents Social Security may accept to prove a legal name change include:
Marriage document;
Divorce decree; or
Court order for a name change.
If the document you provide as evidence of a legal name change does not give us enough information to identify you in our records or if you legally changed your name more than two years ago, you must provide Social Security with additional documentation of your identity.
Marriage, divorce or annulment: In addition to showing us a legal document proving your marriage, divorce or annulment, you must provide an identity document. That document must show your old name, as well as other identifying information or a recent photograph. (We can accept an expired document as evidence of your old name.)
Other name change: In addition to showing us a legal document citing your new name, such as a court order, you must provide us with two identity documents, including:
One identity document in your old name (which can be expired); and
One identity document in your new legal name, which must be current (unexpired).
Both of these documents must show identifying information or a recent photograph.
Identity
We can accept only certain documents as proof of identity. For example, as proof of identity Social Security must see:
U.S. driver’s license;
State-issued nondriver identification card; or
U.S. passport.
If you do not have one of these specific documents or you cannot get a replacement for one of them within 10 days, we will ask to see other documents, including:
Employee ID card;
School ID card;
Health insurance card (not a Medicare card); or
U.S. military ID card.
Your new card will have the same number as your previous card, but will show your new name. We will mail your card as soon as we have all of your information and have verified your documents.
Keep your Social Security card in a safe place. It is an important document. Do not carry it with you.
Thanks Tilde - I read all that on the site and wasn't sure ... it SOUNDS like I do not need it since I already have a SS card (thus having already established citizenship with the SSA) but I was just curious as to what other girls did. I can go home and get my birth cert, but I'd rather just go to the office straight from work ..
Posted by JBoothIn2008
One more question - did you girls need to make an appt? If not - how long did it take? Anyone go to the melville office around lunchtime??![]()
Posted by MikeandJess
Posted by JBoothIn2008
One more question - did you girls need to make an appt? If not - how long did it take? Anyone go to the melville office around lunchtime??![]()
I had to go to jamaica and I don't think they take appts. I was in and out in 20 minutes tops
Posted by JBoothIn2008
Posted by MikeandJess
Posted by JBoothIn2008
One more question - did you girls need to make an appt? If not - how long did it take? Anyone go to the melville office around lunchtime??![]()
I had to go to jamaica and I don't think they take appts. I was in and out in 20 minutes tops
Oh, if the one in queens was empty, melville should be too :) Thanks Jess!
Posted by JBoothIn2008
One more question - did you girls need to make an appt? If not - how long did it take? Anyone go to the melville office around lunchtime??![]()
Posted by MikeandJess
Posted by JBoothIn2008
Posted by MikeandJess
Posted by JBoothIn2008
One more question - did you girls need to make an appt? If not - how long did it take? Anyone go to the melville office around lunchtime??![]()
I had to go to jamaica and I don't think they take appts. I was in and out in 20 minutes tops
Oh, if the one in queens was empty, melville should be too :) Thanks Jess!
Fill out all the paperwork before you go!
Posted by GinaZ
I brought my ID, Birth certificate, and marriage license. They only took my marriage license. They didn't even ID me. I could have had my mom go do it or some total random person. LOL. But be safe and bring it all!
