Name change by mail

jessy_gross

Hi- I was wondering if anyone changed their name on their social security card by mail; I only hear how bad it is going in person the social security office, so I was thinking of doing it by mail.  I'm mostly just concerned about getting everything back that I have to send in.  Has anyone had a good experience doing it through the mail?

MaggieandJake

I changed my name by mail and it was SO convenient.  I got a confirmation letter about a week or so after I sent everything in and got my new card a few weeks after that.  I highly recommend it.  Just make sure you download/print off the correct form, and send in a certified marriage license.

Steph0871

Maggie- did you do it while you lived here though?  I've been told by a few different people that you HAVE to go to the SS office if you live in the 7-county metro.

KateJ10

I think there was a debate about having to go in vs mailing it for the metro area a while back, and the wording had changed that if you live in the metro area you could go in OR mail.

I hate doing these types of things (well, who really likes them) but I did run to the SS office on a Tuesday afternoon and was in and out in around 10 minutes. I was just nervous about having to mail in my marriage cert. somewhere, so I just bit the bullet and went.

tpender13

Steph -- I live in the metro, but I went to a SS office in Iowa to do my name change. You can do the name change at any SS office in the country, provided it's a location that can issue new cards. So that makes me think that anybody can do it by mail.

MaggieandJake

I live in IA, but my marriage cert is from MN.  I could have gone in to the SS in Des Moines, but they also said that I could mail it in.  For convenience sake, I just mailed it in.  I guess I don't know what the requirements are if you live in the Twin Cities area. 

tpender13

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_minnesota-minneapolis-st-paul_name-change-mail?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:81Discussion:bf13151f-8370-4187-94a6-c620a01b4d3dPost:0447645e-b53f-4227-8e89-e9c73360d191">Re: Name change by mail</a>:
[QUOTE]I live in IA, but my marriage cert is from MN.  I could have gone in to the SS in Des Moines, but they also said that I could mail it in.  For convenience sake, I just mailed it in. <strong> I guess I don't know what the requirements are if you live in the Twin Cities area. </strong>
Posted by MaggieandJake[/QUOTE]

Since SS is a national organization (not sure that organization is the word I'm looking for) I think the requirements are the same no matter where in the country you live.

MaggieandJake

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_minnesota-minneapolis-st-paul_name-change-mail?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:81Discussion:bf13151f-8370-4187-94a6-c620a01b4d3dPost:950993f7-087c-443b-a353-0b296c65517d">Re: Name change by mail</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Name change by mail : Since SS is a national organization (not sure that organization is the word I'm looking for) I think the requirements are the same no matter where in the country you live.
Posted by tpender13[/QUOTE]

<div>I misworded that.  I know that it's all the same "requirements" in terms of what documentation/application you need.  I remember reading on the SS website sometime specific to the Twin Cities. </div><div>
</div><div>Ok, I just looked it up and it says:</div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:normal;font-size:12px;" class="Apple-style-span"><p>"If you live or receive mail in <em>Bronx NY</em>, <em>Brooklyn NY</em>, <em>Queens NY</em>, <em>Orlando FL (Orange, Osceola and Seminole Counties)</em>, <em>Sacramento County CA</em>, <em>Phoenix AZ (Maricopa County and Apache Junction Area)</em>, <em>Las Vegas NV</em>,<em>Philadelphia PA</em>, o<u>r </u><em><strong><u>Greater Twin Cities Metropolitan Area MN</u></strong></em><u>, y</u>ou must apply in-person or by mail to a Social Security Card <em><strong>Center</strong></em> for an original or replacement Social Security card.</p><p>If you do not live or receive mail in the areas mentioned above, you can mail or take your Social Security card application and original documents to your local Social Security <em><strong>office."</strong></em></p><p>It looks like the only difference is between a Center and an Office, but either way you are able to mail it in. </p></span></div><div>
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