Do I lose my SS# if I don't remove conditions of GC??

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chaimdan

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I am approaching the end of my two yr conditional GC... There is a chance I might be relocating outside of the US sometime soon, and therefor I'm not sure if I'll be renewing it... (with i-751)

I have good credit here (credit cards, financed car etc..) and I would want to hold onto my US Credit cards even if I live abroad... would that be possible? Does my Social get canceled? Am I still able to apply for CC after my GC expires?? Do credit cards see some difference while reporting my credit?

Any help greatly appreciated...
 
chaimdan said:
I am approaching the end of my two yr conditional GC... There is a chance I might be relocating outside of the US sometime soon, and therefor I'm not sure if I'll be renewing it... (with i-751)

I have good credit here (credit cards, financed car etc..) and I would want to hold onto my US Credit cards even if I live abroad... would that be possible? Does my Social get canceled? Am I still able to apply for CC after my GC expires?? Do credit cards see some difference while reporting my credit?

Any help greatly appreciated...
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SSN's do not get canceled. I had one from a previous employment, then left the country for a year, and when I came back I was issued the same number. As for applying for CC's - they don't care as much about your GC as much as they do about whether you have employment - and without the GC (and possibly no employment) then you might have problems.
 
Your SSN stays with you for life. I got my SSN when I was on a student visa, left the US for years, then came back and used the same SSN without a problem for various purposes including employment, a mortgage, and successfully applying for my green card. When I got the green card, I went to the SS office to get the employment restriction removed from the SS card, and they mailed me a new card with the same SS number.
 
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As others have said, your SS# is permanent.

Credit card companies are approval factories, and generally have no clue about your immigration status (I don't know if they're even allowed to ask).

As long as you have a US address and you pay your bills, they won't even know / care that you left. However, most US credit cards charge 2%-5% commission on all overseas transactions, so I'd recommend using local cards as soon as you can in whatever country you're going to.

-ML
 
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