Changing name with Social Security

KrisBren2011 Posted: Nov 30, 2011 10:03 AM

Changing name with Social Security

Quick question. I was going to do this by mail, but it says I have to mail in the original marriage license and proof of identity, like my license? And it says they want originals, no copies.. How can I mail in my license??

Is it easier to just go there??

PazzaRagazza Posted: Nov 30, 2011 10:04 AM

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just go i was in and out 20 mins

chris1082 Posted: Nov 30, 2011 10:04 AM

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Posted by PazzaRagazza

just go i was in and out 20 mins

I was too! It was super easy to just go there and get it done...I went to the DMV after...that took a while longer

KrisBren2011 Posted: Nov 30, 2011 10:07 AM

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Posted by chris1082

Posted by PazzaRagazza

just go i was in and out 20 mins

I was too! It was super easy to just go there and get it done...I went to the DMV after...that took a while longer

Ok yeah I think i'll just come into work late and go one morning. I went to DMV and shockingly it didn't take me too long. This whole process sucks lol

leesah85 Posted: Nov 30, 2011 10:13 AM

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do they keep your marriagel icense or just make a copy of it? i only have one

SoonToBeMrsFox Posted: Nov 30, 2011 10:15 AM

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i would just go -- i was in and out in about 15 minutes.

SoonToBeMrsFox Posted: Nov 30, 2011 10:15 AM

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Posted by leesah85

do they keep your marriagel icense or just make a copy of it? i only have one

they just looked at mine.

Moonmist09 Posted: Nov 30, 2011 10:18 AM

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I made sure to be there first thing in the morning and i was in and out of the SS office in less than 20 minutes! I would never mail anything as an original. Too much hassle to replace it.

MandMwedding Posted: Nov 30, 2011 10:38 AM

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I went there when they first opened and there was no one on the line. It went quickly. All she did was look at my marriage license and I got in the mail in less than a week.

KrisBren2011 Posted: Dec 01, 2011 10:25 AM

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So I went to SS this morning and was in and out in 8 minutes!! Woohooo

leesah85 Posted: Dec 01, 2011 10:28 AM

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Posted by KrisBren2011

So I went to SS this morning and was in and out in 8 minutes!! Woohooo

would love to know which office you went to. i went this morning too and it was about an hour

KrisBren2011 Posted: Dec 01, 2011 10:30 AM

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Posted by leesah85

Posted by KrisBren2011

So I went to SS this morning and was in and out in 8 minutes!! Woohooo

would love to know which office you went to. i went this morning too and it was about an hour

Omg really? I went to Patchogue. I got there at 8:50 cuz it said it opened at 9, but when I walked in, it was packed. But my number was called within 5 minutes.

leesah85 Posted: Dec 01, 2011 11:21 AM

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Posted by KrisBren2011

Posted by leesah85

Posted by KrisBren2011

So I went to SS this morning and was in and out in 8 minutes!! Woohooo

would love to know which office you went to. i went this morning too and it was about an hour

Omg really? I went to Patchogue. I got there at 8:50 cuz it said it opened at 9, but when I walked in, it was packed. But my number was called within 5 minutes.

yeah, i went to the one in Melville - got there at 8:50 (opened at 9) and there were literally 150 people there. i had to wait about 50 minutes to be called and then the actual process took only like 5 minutes.

oh well, still not terrible and it's done! yay!

kshea23 Posted: Dec 01, 2011 12:59 PM

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I went to Melville on a weekday at like 2 or 3 in the afternoon. There was a bunch of people there, but I was called almost immediately. In and out in about 20 minutes