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A Social Security number (SSN) is a nine-digit identifier assigned to U.S. citizens, permanent residents and eligible ...

Americans originally received Social Security numbers to allow the government to track their job earnings over their lifetimes and calculate retirement benefits. But now, it’s much more than that.

Just the other day one of my acquaintances told me that she had lost her Social Security card. She wondered what she needed to do to replace it. I told her that replacing a lost or misplaced Social ...

Your Social Security card is going digital — if you want it to. The Social Security Administration announced the "modernized, secure and accessible alternative" in April as a "simple solution" for ...

After a legal name change, request a corrected Social Security card to ensure your earnings are properly reported. You must have original or certified documents such as a marriage certificate, divorce ...