Number crunchers crack Social Security "code"

Pittsburgh Tribune Review ^ | Monday, July 6, 2009 | Mike Wereschagin

[Type Righter]

And what about naturalized citizens?

I want to know about the UN-natural [so-called] citizens? How do we crack the illegals' SNNs??

Sheesh,let them be the victims for once. We're already stuck for higher taxes, global warming, health [death] care, tax and trade and God knows what else yet to come in tomorrow's news.

[NV Lawdog]

Were all three of your SS numbers issued at the same time? I was born in one state but had mine issued in another and the first three are coded for the issue state not my birth state.

[oldsalt]

Gotta call BS on this.It might work if everybody had their SSN issued at birth,but I didn't need one until I was 15.

Back in the late 70's I was a Navy recruiter and had prospects in their 20's who had never needed one,had grown up on family farms and the like.

[Ditto]

Didn't get mine until I was 15 and lying about my age to get a job as a pin setter in a bowling ally.

That tells you I'm old. ;~))

[Daniel II]

Yes, they were. I got mine when I was about ten. The oldest was 15, the youngest eight. Which makes perfect sense as was said earlier.

I wasn’t aware that they are issued now at birth (or soon thereafter) by law. I did it for my kids, but I didn’t realize it was because I had to. It was just part of the paperwork we filled out at the hospital as I recall.

[NonValueAdded]

That was then, this is now ... in the maternity ward, mom gets the birth certificate AND the ssan application. The new tax code requires that any dependent has a SocSec number.

[NonValueAdded]

see my #26.

[Daniel II]

Understood. Anyone know when it became a requirement at birth?

[exDemMom]

I have two SSNs. I doubt any algorithm would be able to pick up on both of them even if there was a code to them.

My two numbers aren’t sequential. They both have the same 5 starting digits, but the last 4 are completely different.

I think the numbers are assigned 1) geographically and 2) sequentially within the geographical area, based on when the application was received and processed.

I still don’t know why I have two...

[NonValueAdded]

See Social Security Numbers For Children as to why you should get one at birth (up to 12 week wait otherwise) and the law changed in 1991 according to this Boston Globe article from 1992: Make sure your child has a Social Security number

[bt_dooftlook]

I’m a twin, and my brother’s SSN is not like mine...

[TNdandelion]

I was born overseas and my brother was born in California. We got our #’s at the same time and they are pretty similar.

[TNdandelion]

Don’t know when but they were doing it in 1998 when my first was born.

[TNdandelion]

haha My husband has the wrong name on his. I keep telling him to get that straightened out.

[WarriorPoet]

He really does need to get that fixed—he could have passport problems if he doesn’t.