I've been living and working in the US on a J-1 visa for the last year. I've just entered the US on my new H1-B visa and will start work on October 1st. Do I need to get a new SSN, or can I use the one I already have from my J-1?
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The SSN never changes once assigned, and your immigration status has no effect on it.
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SSNs can be changed in a few special cases but that's because of the misuse of the old one, not your immigration status. Sep 28, 2014 at 18:53
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For the purpose of this answer we can disregard this (or any other way to change SSN, like getting into a witness protection program etc). These are marginal and irrelevant cases. Sep 28, 2014 at 20:07
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The number will never change, but sometimes you need to change the card itself, due annotations you have on them (like "not valid for work" or such).– vartecOct 1, 2014 at 7:04