Evidence of Identity for Obtaining
a Social Security Card
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In order to get a new or replacement Social Security card, you need to provide what the Social Security Administration refers to as “evidence” of three things: your age, your identity, and the fact that you are either a U.S. citizen or have current immigration status.
There are very specific requirements for what constitutes acceptable evidence under each of the three categories.
For now, we’ll look at the category dealing with “evidence of identity for obtaining a Social Security card.” There are three ways an applicant can establish identity to satisfy the SSA requirements for proof of identity: a valid U.S. driver license, a state-issued non-driver ID card, and a valid, current U.S. passport.
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What is "Evidence"?
Evidence to establish identity can include the documents listed below but applicants should understand that there are actually six categories of applicants, based upon age and whether or not they are U.S. citizens.
Every applicant must first determine which category he or she is in before applying for a new or replacement Social Security card. Why? Because there are different thresholds of evidence required for each category. The categories of applicants are:
- Age: birth to five years old, U.S. citizen
- Age: birth to five years old, not a U.S. citizen
- Age: six to 17, U.S. citizen
- Age: six to 17, not a U.S. citizen
- Age: 18 and older, U.S. citizen
- Age: 18 and older, not a U.S. citizen
To further complicate matters, the SSA accepts what they call “primary” and “secondary” evidence for each of the six categories. In other words, if for some reason (and it better be a good one!) you cannot provide “primary” evidence of identity within your appropriate category, you might be allowed to offer “secondary” evidence. What does this all mean?
It means that there are, in total, 12 separate ways to prove identity (for the purposes of this discussion, remember that we are ignoring the topics of proving your age and your U.S. citizenship status (or valid immigration status). Here, we are only addressing the topic of proving “identity” to satisfy the Social Security Administration’s requirements.
Is it any wonder that people seek help when applying for a new or replacement SS card? The legalese used on the SSA’s own website can be dizzying at times, merely confusing on other occasions or downright indecipherable in some cases.
That’s why so many prospective Social Security card applicants visit the folks at Online-Application.org for help, not just with filling out forms but with knowing which parts of the SS-5 form can be ignored and which ones can’t be. The Online-Application.org experts also assist applicants when it comes to knowing the exact documents they’ll need to sent to SSA with the application.
It’s worth noting that if the SS-5 form is filled out incorrectly (that means even when there is a single mistake!) or if you don’t sent every document requested by SSA, your application will be rejected and returned to you. At that point, you’ll need to start from square one.