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Recently my grandmother passed away. We found her social security card (from 1932) and it says very clearly "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION". It seems some lessons are
by matt_wulfeck 9y ago
Recently my grandmother passed away. We found her social security card (from 1932) and it says very clearly "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION". It seems some lessons are lost.
- temporallobe 9y agoI was at the DMV with my daughter getting her learners permit (shows my age), and we had her passport, but they insisted on seeing her SSN card as well. Luckily we had it, but I found it absurd that a passport was not enough! Yes, my state is full dumbasses.
- Spooky23 9y agoNot really. The passport seems to meet the identity proofing criteria, but it’s a little more complex. It sounds like it was in your case used as a proxy for your kids’ birth certificate. They require a second identity point when you have a document that substitutes for your birth certificate. Your passport + birth certificate would be ok in most states. Passports don’t meet all requirements because there are corner cases with certain passport types.
- tzs 9y agoThat refers to the card, not the number. For some discussion of the history of this, see this old Straight Dope column: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/141/why-does-my-old-social-security-card-say-it-cant-be-used-as-id http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/141/why-does-my-old... PS: did you typo the year? Social security numbers were first assigned in 1935, and social security cards were first issued in 1936.
- matt_wulfeck 9y agoYeah it’s a typo. She was in 1932 but her card came after.