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scrubbedexpat084 Feb 3rd 2021 4:49 pm

Different names on GC and SSC
 
Hi all,

I have a question regarding my GC and my SSC. I have my maiden name on my GC card (after the extension) but my SSC is still under my married name (no longer married). I wasn't able to change this due to the pandemic but I need to look into that now. I just got a job and am wondering what name I should use on the forms? The GC or the SSC? Thanks in advance.

tht Feb 3rd 2021 4:54 pm

Re: Different names on GC and SSC
 

Originally Posted by charelle (Post 12967702)
Hi all,

I have a question regarding my GC and my SSC. I have my maiden name on my GC card (after the extension) but my SSC is still under my married name (no longer married). I wasn't able to change this due to the pandemic but I need to look into that now. I just got a job and am wondering what name I should use on the forms? The GC or the SSC? Thanks in advance.

check yourself on Everify, or use whatever you plan to show for I9.

scrubbedexpat084 Feb 3rd 2021 5:59 pm

Re: Different names on GC and SSC
 
what is I9?

SanDiegogirl Feb 3rd 2021 6:24 pm

Re: Different names on GC and SSC
 

Originally Posted by charelle (Post 12967702)
Hi all,

I have a question regarding my GC and my SSC. I have my maiden name on my GC card (after the extension) but my SSC is still under my married name (no longer married). I wasn't able to change this due to the pandemic but I need to look into that now. I just got a job and am wondering what name I should use on the forms? The GC or the SSC? Thanks in advance.

What name did you give them when applying for the job - surely you need to use that - unless you want to confuse HR.

Nutmegger Feb 3rd 2021 6:27 pm

Re: Different names on GC and SSC
 

Originally Posted by charelle (Post 12967728)
what is I9?

The informational form the employer will ask you to fill in, showing that you are legally able to work in the US. What name do you intend to use going forward? Use that name on the employment docs. Or, for now, you could use both names -- Mary Smith Brown, e.g. -- and have HR remove the Brown part once you have been able to get to SS.

Glasgow Girl Feb 3rd 2021 6:33 pm

Re: Different names on GC and SSC
 
Use the name that you want going forward, and just have paperwork handy to prove that you were legally known under both names. Birth certificate, marriage certificate and/or divorce decree. I had a similar situation after I got married. Social Security card in one name, Green Card in another. UK passport in one name US passport in another. I used my married name everywhere but work where I used my maiden name. Never had a problem using either name so long as I could prove I was both people.

tht Feb 3rd 2021 7:29 pm

Re: Different names on GC and SSC
 

Originally Posted by charelle (Post 12967728)
what is I9?

I9: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9
eVerify: https://www.e-verify.gov/

note that some PEO’s and maybe larger employers may have their own applications that connect to eVerify to do an electronic verification of your eligibility, if your employer will do this I would suggest checking yourself on eVerify and then using the name that you “pass” with so they don’t have issues when they run you information.

scrubbedexpat084 Feb 3rd 2021 7:58 pm

Re: Different names on GC and SSC
 
Thanks for that info Glasgow Girl. One other thing which may sound stupid, but as long as I have my GC and SSC that's all I need to be gainfully employed right? There isn't a separate "work permit" needed or? I have a 10 year GC. Thanks

Noorah101 Feb 3rd 2021 8:22 pm

Re: Different names on GC and SSC
 
The 10 year green card is all you need to be legally allowed to work. For the I-9, you don't need to show your green card. You can show your SS card and state drivers license.

Rene

scrubbedexpat084 Feb 3rd 2021 8:50 pm

Re: Different names on GC and SSC
 
Thanks Rene,
I just tried to do the EVerify but it didn't work and I tried both names (GC one and SS one). Not sure what happened there but I guess I will leave it up to them to do that.

tht Feb 3rd 2021 8:57 pm

Re: Different names on GC and SSC
 

Originally Posted by charelle (Post 12967773)
Thanks for that info Glasgow Girl. One other thing which may sound stupid, but as long as I have my GC and SSC that's all I need to be gainfully employed right? There isn't a separate "work permit" needed or? I have a 10 year GC. Thanks

look at the I9 form it tells you what you need:
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/...er-version.pdf
as noted below, h

tht Feb 3rd 2021 8:59 pm

Re: Different names on GC and SSC
 

Originally Posted by charelle (Post 12967773)
Thanks for that info Glasgow Girl. One other thing which may sound stupid, but as long as I have my GC and SSC that's all I need to be gainfully employed right? There isn't a separate "work permit" needed or? I have a 10 year GC. Thanks

look at the I9 form it tells you what you need on page 2:
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/...er-version.pdf
as noted below, the green card alone satisfies list A. You still need the SSN, but not the card.

S Folinsky Feb 9th 2021 2:42 pm

Re: Different names on GC and SSC
 
The SSA is known to make inquiry if earnings from different names are reported to the same account. However, they seem to have algorithms that recognize common explanations such a married/maiden names. I know that some time ago that this lawyer received inquiry if he was employed at the former Kaiser Steel under a different name.


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