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?
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. – Loren Pechtel Sep 28 '14 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. – littleadv Sep 28 '14 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). – vartec Oct 1 '14 at 7:04
