Re: SSN - 10 days?
 

Right - but my wife didn't bother getting a new SSN card after she became a PR. She knew it was something she needed to do but she just never got around to doing it. It still had the blurb about not being valid for work authorization without INS approval (even though this no longer applied after she became a PR). I suspect a lot of other people are in the same boat. After we visited the SSA office to update our status to USCs in their database, we all got new cards with an issue date stamped on the front (our previous cards did not have issue dates as they were issued before they starting doing that) and my wife's restriction was also removed.

Re: SSN - 10 days?
 

I went to the SS Office the day after my citizenship ceremony and there were no issues.

This website is helpful for new citizens: http://www.newcitizen.us/after.html

Re: SSN - 10 days?
 

I don't know why you would have to wait 10 days if you already have a SSN and are therefore already in the SSA system.

Re: SSN - 10 days?
 

I asked this question the other day on here and also I've asked the SSA and USCIS. As someone mentioned, it all goes into the DHS SAVE database and in reality you don't have to wait ten days. You used to and it still says in the SSA documentation you should, but according to the SSA when I spoke to them it's all about when they get around to putting your details into SAVE. Whichever agency it happens to be, USCIS, CBP, ICE etc. there are quite a few, the objective is to enforce 8 USC 1621.

My problem with it was with E-verify, because unlike the I-9 you have to provide an SSN to use E-verify, so say you're working for employer A in status B and then you leave the country and come back some time later to work for a new employer, you still have an SSN but according to SAVE it's not work authorized. So E-verify says you aren't eligible to work obviously until you update it... but they have to do E-verify in three working days and the SSA says wait ten days to file SS-5 to update it. There's a field in E-verify that lets them wait if you don't have an SSN but not if you do have one.

Someone overlooked that I think. You can't assume the employee can wait ten days to start work.

Also we've had this thread before, I don't think it's a good idea to open a bank account and then get an SSN because you have nothing to put on the W-9. Plus banks forget to update their records, etc. Better to have it to start off with, otherwise you have to chase them up to put it in their system.

Re: SSN - 10 days?
 

When I did my Oath ceremony about two weeks ago, they recommended getting passport first (if needed) and then do the DSS when you get your passport. No hard and fast rule they said, but don't forget to do it soon as possible. "It's in your best interest".

Re: SSN - 10 days?
 

You don't need to know why, you just need to follow the instructions.

Citizenship 101.;)