New social security card after name/gender change

[Jenessa]

Were you issued a new number or do they reissue the same one? By the end of the month I will have to start changing every thing from my DL to my USPSA range badge to my post office box info and was curious about that.

[stefan37]

Same number

[Jenessa]

Thanks (added because I can't just say thanks)

[Angela Campbell]

Yes the same number. Which means your past will be forever linked to you in some ways. Credit reports, medical, whatever.

[Nigella]

That is the way of the world now, one you have your number, you are traceable for the rest of your life :(

[Jenessa]

Tuesday, 11:00 AM for me. I can get my certified copies withing 15 minutes of the judge signing off, so I will drop 1 in with my form SS-5 and drop that in the mail in the clerks office, walk up to the fourth floor of the court house and get my CWP changed then to the DMV followed by my insurance company and finally my bank. Then the fun of changing all the other stuff begins.

[PretzelGirl]

Jenessa, I wish I could have run straight through to the DMV. It would have made some things a little easier.

[Jenessa]

So, it turns out I can get a new SS number. The decree I got says "Petitioner shall be entitled to apply for a new social security number and new drivers licence under this new name." Also states that a birth cert. shall be generated reflecting the new name and gender. I chose the stay with the same number but the clerk at the SSA office gave me the choice.