307.03 Completing an Application for an SSN (MAM)

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All applicants who cannot furnish an SSN must apply *for an original SSN or a replacement SSN card at the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA). If the applicant needs help getting an SSN, have the applicant call 1-800-772-1213 or visit socialsecurity.gov. TTY users should call 1-800-325-0778.

Exception: Newborns may be enumerated at birth. Require SSA Form 2853-OP3, Message from Social Security, (used to confirm enumeration at birth at the hospital) to verify enumeration at birth.

*Advise the applicant that benefits cannot be issued until verification of enumeration has been submitted or good cause for not enumerating has been determined to exist.

Application for an SSN will generate an original social security card. When an original social security card has been lost, application for an SSN will generate a duplicate of the original.

If more than one SSN appears for the same individual, report the duplication to SSA.

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References: He-W 606.36, He-W 625.01, RSA 167:4-c, RSA 167:79,iii(h), 42 CFR 435.910, 42 CFR 435.920, 45 CFR 205.52, 42 USC 1320b-7, 42 USC 405(c)(2)