Finally. After poor Brian had to go there 3 times he finally got them to do it. Apparently, only one person in that office knows what actual documentation is required to change the name of an internationally adopted child on their social security card. Catch is, she doesn't work the window and those people don't have a clue!
So for anyone out there reading this. All you need is your adoption decree and your child's foreign passport with visa to show they're still a permanent resident status. If you have a US passport or Certificate of Citizenship for them you can show that and get their status changed to US Citizen, but we've just sent off the N600 with his green card today to get the Certificate of Citizenship and that takes time. What I found out is that if your child's visa has I551 on it, it also serves as proof of permanent resident status.
So on the 3rd trip there with the same exact documentation as the other 2 and one phone call from me they did it. They really need to train the folks sitting at the window in that office.
One more trip after we get his Certificate of Citizenship and we don't have to do this for our children again...because no, we're having no more children. :)
Sometimes, I really wonder how many hundreds of papers we've filled out for these 3 adoptions and how much time we've spent doing it and crossing our ts and dotting our is. It's massive, I know it.
Lisa
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