SSN Policy Manual

Rescind your Social Security Number

agreement written of this portion of code is a thing call a totalization agreement defined in 20 CFR 8404.1901. Sec. 404.1901 Introduction. (a) Under section 233 of the Social Security Act, the President may enter into an agreement establishing a totalization arrangement between the social security system of the United States and the social security system of a foreign country. An agreement permits entitlement to and the amount of old-age, survivors, disability, or derivative benefits to be based on a combination of a person's periods of coverage under the social security system of the United States and the social security system of the foreign country. An agreement also provides for the precluding of dual coverage and dual social security taxation for work covered under both systems. An agreement may provide that the provisions of the social security system of each country will apply equally to the nationals of both countries (regardless of where they reside). For this purpose, refugees, stateless persons, and other nonnationals who derive benefit rights from nationals, refugees, or stateless persons may be treated as nationals if they reside within one of the countries. As we read both sections together, we find that a totalization agreement, which is entered into between "the President . . . and . . . a foreign country" "shall contain provisions for its possible termination." This section of regulation has nothing to do with individual citizens and the issuance or recession of social security numbers. The proponents of this argument are simply pushing another scam. Whose Number is it Anyway According to 20 CFR 8422.103, the social security number and the social security card belong to the Social Security Administration. (b) Applying for a number - (1) Form SS-5. An individual needing a social security number may apply for one by filing a signed form SS-5 . . . .. . .. . A person who is assigned a social security number will receive a social security number card ... social security number cards are the property of SSA and must be returned upon request. Even though several Social Security Administration documents attempt to personalize the number by saying it is "your social security number," nothing could be further from the truth. If it were your number, then you could do with it as you wish ... including changing the number. Many people would probably like to change their social security number to something more personal . . . but if you do that, you could go to jail. Since there are many laws that attempt to define using a false social security number as fraud it would be unwise to use a different number since using a number other than the one assigned to you might be considered fraud. However, declining or refusing to use a number because of religious/whatever conviction or because a number has not been assigned to you is legal and reasonable.