Ever have to show your Social Security Card? S/O of organizing and storing important documents thread

[tvguy]

Have you ever had to show someone your actual Social Security card? I have had to provide the number when starting a new job, opening a bank account, and applying for a loan, but I do not recall ever being asked to see the actual card. I'm on both Medicare and drawing my Social Security benefits now, and that is all handled online without having to show your actual SS card, just enter the number. Of course, at my age, my card was issued when the card still said "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION" on the front.

 

[Allison]

It is a document that can be used on the I-9 form.

 

[Moliphino]

No, not that I can ever recall. I use the number, never needed to show the card.

 

[thanxfornoticin]

It's been awhile, but trying to remember back if I might have needed it for my driver's license or passport. But can't say for certain. Interesting point, for such an important identifier......

 

[georgina]

"You'll rarely need the card itself -- perhaps only when you get a new job and have to show it to your employer," according to the Social Security Administration website.
Pennsylvania is the only state that requires individuals applying for a driver's license or non-driving ID to present a Social Security card

If you don't have your card, your employer can use the free Social Security Number Verification Service, which allows registered employers to verify whether a person's name and Social Security number match Social Security Administration records.

https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/do-i-need-a-physical-social-security-card/

 

[eticketplease]

It is a document that can be used on the I-9 form.

Yup I've had to use it as a most HR people can't read that a passport is all that is needed.

I then have to show the DL and SSN Card

 

[PollyannaMom]

I think the last time I did was when I changed my name after getting married.

 

[kdonnel]

I have only had to show it when starting a new job back in 1994.

Any other job changes I have used my Passport to satisfy I-9 requirements.

The future is cardless/passport less/paper free.

Our info will be in a database that will be accessible by those that need access.

The state of Georgia already does not recognize paper car insurance cards for residents. The only valid proof of insurance is a lookup in a database. If you and your car are not listed as insured in the database you get a ticket.

 

[thanxfornoticin]

"You'll rarely need the card itself -- perhaps only when you get a new job and have to show it to your employer," according to the Social Security Administration website.
Pennsylvania is the only state that requires individuals applying for a driver's license or non-driving ID to present a Social Security card

If you don't have your card, your employer can use the free Social Security Number Verification Service, which allows registered employers to verify whether a person's name and Social Security number match Social Security Administration records.

https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/do-i-need-a-physical-social-security-card/

That's why I remember the card - my PA driver's license! We're special!!

 

[RedAngie]

DH lost or misplaced his SS card a while back. He went to their website to replace it and it actually asked something like “do you really need a physical card?”

The website said almost every agency will accept and verify your SS# electronically, a card is very rarely necessary.

But they’ll still replace it for free if you want.

 

[lanejudy]

If you don't have your card, your employer can use the free Social Security Number Verification Service, which allows registered employers to verify whether a person's name and Social Security number match Social Security Administration records.

Only if the employer is willing to do that. DD had to show her physical card during the hiring process for a part-time grocery store position a little over a year ago. This was a large chain and they claimed corporate rule required the physical card. They wouldn't put her on payroll without it; gave us a website to request a copy if needed. Fortunately we found hers in the safe deposit box where it had been for 18+ years.

My own SSA card hasn't been needed for years, but I've been at my current job since forever.

 

[TippyThomas]

I've never had to show mine. I'm not even sure I have a physical card to be honest.

 

[barb969]

I had to show it when I was applying for a census taker job in1990, 2000 and 2010.
Also it was used for Medicare. Every health care provider had to see it on each visit. Medicare now uses a different number.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Have you ever had to show someone your actual Social Security card? I have had to provide the number when starting a new job, opening a bank account, and applying for a loan, but I do not recall ever being asked to see the actual card. I'm on both Medicare and drawing my Social Security benefits now, and that is all handled online without having to show your actual SS card, just enter the number. Of course, at my age, my card was issued when the card still said "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION" on the front.

Not that I can recall.

 

[_19disnA]

I can't recall ever showing it to anyone. As I mentioned on that other thread, the actual SS card looks like something anyone with home color printer could duplicate without much effort. I doubt anyone considers it a form of identification.

Various places have asked for my SS#, like a new doctor's office or maybe when buying a car but none of those places ever asked to see the physical card.

 

[amcnj]

I have had to provide it once in while. I am not sure when the last time was, but some places and employers needed to make a copy of it.

The first time I recall having to do so was when I was at college and huge snowstorms overwhelmed them (closing for the first time in their history). They hired students to help shovel, and they required your actual social security card before you could be hired.

I am assuming such occurrences may be less common now due to privacy concerns.

 

[Robber Baron]

The last time I remember having someone actually ask me to present my card was the last job I started, which would have been in 2000.

One of the HR people doing paperwork asked for my license and SS card to photocopy them.

If I had questioned it, or, didn't have it, I don't believe it would have been a problem, but I just provided it.

 

[Nancyg56]

Yup I've had to use it as a most HR people can't read that a passport is all that is needed.

I then have to show the DL and SSN Card

They can, but many times they want more than one form anyway. If the form are being uploaded to an outside payroll provider, they may insist on multiple documents before completion of the onboarding process.

 

[eticketplease]

They can, but many times they want more than one form anyway. If the form are being uploaded to an outside payroll provider, they may insist on multiple documents before completion of the onboarding process.

The form though specifically states only 1 item from list A (Passport) otherwise 1 from B (DL) and C (SSN Card)

If they are using an outside agency it should also be able to comply with the US Govt form one would think.

 

[barkley]

i am old enough to remember when college id numbers WERE our social security numbers AND test results with the full social security numbers (but not our names) were posted on bulletin boards outside the classrooms you had to present the card when you first enrolled at the college

any job i had required it for payroll

when my father passed and i was eligible for dependant social security benefits the physical card had to be presented to the social security administration

I'm on both Medicare and drawing my Social Security benefits now, and that is all handled online without having to show your actual SS card,

that's a holdover from when the system was changed. it used to be that your medicare identification number was your social security number but then some years back (due in large part to concerns over identity theft) medicare went to their own numeric id system which is internaly cross-referenced to social security's data base

The future is cardless/passport less/paper free.

Our info will be in a database that will be accessible by those that need access.

and you better hope that the hands that handle it are attentive b/c if they glitch and you have to unravel it then having the hard paper documents in hand can make a huge difference in unraveling the mess. i once had to assist a man whose mother was killed (system wise) in the social security database. the woman was in her late 90's in a nursing home and everything STOPPED-

pension
social security
medicare
medicaid
bank accounts (those w/no co-owners) frozen

because all feed off the social security death registry.

poor guy was getting calls from the nursing home due to unpaid bills. nursing home did what they could, social security was of no help (hours on end waiting to get through to a rep who then said get an appointment, appointments weeks and weeks out...). within the agency i worked for there was one sole person who could take corrective action but we had to have hard documents presented to us to personaly attest to the identity of both the representative and the 'decedent in question'. luckily this man had all his and his mom's certified bc's and social security cards so his mom could be electronicaly resurrected (after which he had to still put all the other agencies/banks on notice to re-run mom's number).