I’ve lost exactly one wallet in my life (stolen from a locked high school gym locker that was pried open by the thief), and that was the one that had my Social Security card in it, just a few months after I got my card. For that reason, I don’t carry my Social Security card in my wallet. Not to mention the fact that in recent years with the potential for identity theft, I certainly wouldn’t want to carry my Social Security card in my wallet. Along with your driver’s license, a mugger with a penchant for identity theft would have everything they needed to steal your identity.
You don’t have to show it if you have a passport or passport card, and if you have one of these, not only do you not need a Social Security card, you don’t need anything else for employment eligibility verification (not even a driver’s license). See my post above.
I’ve had to write down my SS number for jobs, but I’ve never had anyone ask to see the card (which I don’t have). Further, as the owner of a small business, I’ve never asked anyone to show me their card. I just have them write down their info, including SS number, on some form that I ten give to my accountant.
[del]Years[/del] Decades ago I pulled it out of my wallet because of advice that it wasn’t smart to carry it there in case your wallet was stolen. In theory, it’s still in my house somewhere but, other than a given room, I don’t no where it is.
I’ll have to go thru the hassle of getting another one if I want to get a RealID. My current license expires after my passport so I’ll probably just renew my passport & also get the passport card & carry that for any domestic airline travel & not worry about getting another SSN card.
I have my original SS card from 1954.
I was born in 1940.
At some point in time, I misplaced my original card and had to secure a replacement. Later, I found the original and still have it.
I’ve started collecting things I need for my RealID application. For Social Security, I can use a paystub with my SSN instead of my SSN card. It has to show the complete number, which mine typically don’t. However, I was able to request one and that was a whole lot easier than getting a replacement card.
If that form is the I9, and they’re giving SS card as a List C document, you’re supposed to actually see the card. (If that form’s not the I9, um, you’re supposed to be doing I9’s.)
It’s possible all your employees so far have given you list A documents, or a different list C document. I can’t tell from your post whether you’re not asking to see any of the documents. [ETA: if you haven’t been, I’d advise against publicly posting that info – ]
Different states have different requirements, apparently - Proof of Social Security number: Social Security card.
It doesn’t say anything like what OR allows (Social Security number. Acceptable documents include a Social Security Card, W2 form, a 1099 form, or paystub. Documents must include your name and SSN.) Are you in OR or WA?
I-9 is the form that is supposed to be filled out for Employment Eligibility Verification; to make sure anyone you are hiring is either a US citizen or a foreigner who has appropriate paperwork (green card, H1B visa, etc.) & that you’re not hiring illegal immigrants. The employee fills out one section & supplies their document(s) to the employer who then confirms that they’ve physically seen them (& frequently take a photocopy/scan of said documents) in the other section.
I guess it makes sense, since it is the state that is offering the RealID. (I figured they would all be the same since it is designed to satisfy the Feds)
I’m in Washington. l need One of the following:
Social Security Card.
W-2 Form showing the complete SSN
SSA-1099 showing the complete SSN
Non-SSA-1099 Form shoing the complete SSN
Pay stub showing the complete SSN
If you’re hiring anybody in the United States (and I note your location shows as being in the USA), you’re required to fill out and keep on file an I9 form, which is the form used to show that a person’s legally entitled to work in the USA. This has been so for, I can’t remember, I think about twenty years now. And it’s true even if the person you’re hiring is your next-door neighbor who you’ve known since before they were born.
Whoever you’re using for advice on these things, I strongly recommend that you hire somebody else for the purpose. In the meantime, put I9 into a search engine.
Add me to the ranks who keep their card in a fire safe somewhere at home, along with their passport, birth certificate, spouse’s birth and death certificates, etc.
44 years old. I’ve had the current card since 1995 (lost original at college), and have kept it in my wallet ever since. I don’t know why, since I’ve literally never used the actual card and memorized the actual number long long ago. Amazingly enough, my college’s ID number was my SSN.
I have my original card from 1966. Laminated it sometime after that. I needed it when I joined the Navy in 1975 and didn’t need it again till a few months ago when I won a quite a bit of money in the lottery. I should need it one more time when I start collecting Social Security.
I got my original from 1971 when I was much younger and shorter. Last used it and my wife’s and all of my children’s plus their birth certs and our marriage license to get all on my insurance plan. Required proof of dependency, parentage, and marriage. It was an annual thing whenever I claimed one of them over 18 for insurance. Did not need it this year though as corporate realized that none of this data changed from last year plus many were rightfully complaining about the lack of control in the office for all of this private data. “Just add your photocopies to this stack in the box, check your name off and when everyone is done, hopefully by next week, I’ll collect it and forward it to the head office.” I keep all of them in a secure location somewhere on planet earth. You ain’t getting ME to disclose my super secret hiding place.
