SSN Policy Manual

Policy Manual

Additionally, telling people that you do not have a social security number, even if one was assigned to you, may be a correct statement for two primary reasons: 1. The social security number is not yours, it belongs to the Social Security Administration. If it was yours, they could not prevent you fi-om changing it. 2. You probably did not solicit the Social Security Administration for a social security number . . . somebody else, maybe your parents, did that for you. As such, you have no obligation, nor have you made any promises regarding the use, disuse, or abuse of any social security number that may have been assigned to you because of somebody else's action. . . . Since you were not a party to the action, you are not obligated to recognize the fact that someone else maylor may not have requested a social security number for you . . . The point is . .. you have no social security number.

Property of the Social Security Administration Notice the wording on the back of a social security card.

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