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Social Security Administration Application For A Social Security Card Page 2

EVIDENCE WE NEED

CAUTION: We cannot accept photocopies of documents. You must submit original documents

or copies certified by the custodian of the record. Notarized copies are not acceptable. If your

documents do not meet this requirement, we cannot process your application. We will return your

documents. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO MAIL YOUR ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, TAKE THEM TO

ANY SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE.

If you need an ORIGINAL CARD (you have NEVER been assigned a Social Security number before),

you must show us proof of :

AGE,

IDENTITY, and

U.S. CITIZENSHIP or LAWFUL ALIEN STATUS

If you need a DUPLICATE CARD (no name change), you must show us proof of IDENTITY.

IMPORTANT:

If you were born outside the U.S., you must also show us proof of

U.S. CITIZENSHIP or LAWFUL ALIEN STATUS.

If you need a CORRECTED CARD because of a name change, you must show us proof of IDENTITY.

To CHANGE YOUR NAME on our records, we need one or more documents identifying you by your

OLD NAME on our records and your NEW NAME.

IMPORTANT:

If you were born outside the U.S., you must also show us proof of

U.S. CITIZENSHIP or LAWFUL ALIEN STATUS.

AGE: We prefer to see your birth certificate. However, we can accept other documents such as a

hospital record of your birth made before you were age 5 or a religious record made before you were

three months old. If you were born outside the U.S., we can accept your passport. Call us for advice if

you cannot obtain any of these documents.

IDENTITY: We must see a document in the name you want shown on the card. We can generally

accept a current document that has enough information to identify you (e.g., signature, name, age,

date of birth, parents’ names). We CANNOT ACCEPT a BIRTH CERTIFICATE, HOSPITAL BIRTH

RECORD, SSN CARD, SSN CARD STUB, OR SSA RECORD. Some documents that we can accept

are:

Driver’s license

Marriage or divorce record

Military records

Employer ID card

Adoption record

Insurance policy

Passport

Health Insurance card (not

School ID card

a Medicare card)

IMPORTANT: If you are applying for a card on behalf of someone else, we must see proof of

identity for both you and the person to whom the card will be issued.

Form SS-5 Internet (2-98)

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