SSN status?? while depandant got changed to H4 from L2

[djaks111]

Hi all,
recently i got H1 visa and my wife got H4. But before that iam on L1 visa and she got SSN number with L2. My question is what happens to her SSN when she change to H4. Will it get canceled or i dont know. can you please let me know if anyone come across this situation. Does she need to visit state secratary office to update my status ??
Thanks

[Subramanya]

recently i got H1 visa and my wife got H4. But before that iam on L1 visa and she got SSN number with L2. My question is what happens to her SSN when she change to H4. Will it get canceled or i dont know. can you please let me know if anyone come across this situation. Does she need to visit state secratary office to update my status ??

---- Nothing happpens to the SSN.It will remain with your wife. The SSn is for life time once issued. The only thing is she cannot work with that same SSN, unless she changes her status to H1, L2 or EAD etc.

Subramanya

[djaks111]

Thankyou Subramanya.
Does she need to intimate her visa change in the SSN. i mean she need to go to state secretary office to inform about her visa change.
Thanks.

[txh1b]

No. Once SSN is granted with an annotation "Valid for work with DHS Authorization", no other notifications is necessary.

SSN remains the same for life unless under extraordinary circumstances of identity theft.

[djaks111]

Thankyou..txh1b.