Full question:
My Social Security card has Jr. after my name and also my drivers license has it, however my Birth Certificate does not. The dmv. wont renew my license and wont tell me how to rectify it. What should I do?
- Category: Name Change
- Date:
- State: New Jersey
Answer:
You will need to change the name on the social security card or birth certificate. The following is from the Social Security Administration:
CHANGE OF INFORMATION: If you need to correct information on your SSN card, or information shown in our records (e.g., a name change or corrected date of birth), you will need to prove your identity and provide documents that support the change and establish the reason for the change (e.g., a birth certificate to show your corrected date or place of birth). A name change document (e.g., marriage document) must identify you by both your old and new names. If it does not have enough identifying information (See IDENTITY, Page 3), we will request an identity document in your prior name and another in your new legal name in addition to the name change document. If you were born outside of the U.S., you also need to prove your U.S. citizenship or current lawful, work-authorized immigration status.
Please see:
http://www.state.nj.us/health/vital/amend.shtml
http://lawdigest.uslegal.com/name-change/general/3751/
http://www.uslegalforms.com/nj/NJ-NAME-1.htm
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