Any internationals on here? name change question

virtualblonde27

Hi Ladies - I'm British and in the US on a work visa. I got married a couple of months ago and we just started the green card paperwork (yay!) - which I can apply for in my married name.I have not done anything re: changing my name yet.I know you are meant to go to the SS office then the DMV to change your name but I can't do that as my social security card has 'only valid with INS authorisation' on it and they are not going to let me change my name because of that.Do I just wait until my green card comes through to legally change my name? So confusing!TIA!

AmoroAgain

Hm.  Sorry, I don't know.  I guess your best bet would be to contact the INS and ask them this question yourself. Veronabrit might be able to help as well since she married an American and was in the US (from Canada) on a work visa.  Good luck!

LaFemme86

I moved from Canada to Panama as an ex-pat around the same time I got married. Fr simplicity sake, I haven't yet changed my name, but having just received my work Visa and completed all the paperwork, I will go ahead and do it now. Because at the time of the wedding, the paperwork was already in the system, it was much easier to wait it out a few months, then try and backtrack the name change through the process.

AmoroAgain

Well, I could tell you that my experience is a tad different.  I didn't really answer your question because I'm working the other way- from the US to Italy and while I can tell you what I'm doing, I don't think it would help you so much. lol