<p>Last-minute packing question - we are deciding whether to send the social security card with D. What reasons might she need to have it at school?</p>
<p>employment</p>
<p>If she decides to get a job?</p>
<p>It is good to have, but keep it in a safe place - not in your wallet. I don't know about other parts of the country, but in Texas you cannot get your drivers license replaced or renewed without your social security card. I think it is a Patriot Act thing.</p>
<p>We sent copies of our kids SS cards with them to college.</p>
<p>I just sent a copy -- back and front -- and that was enough for S to get on campus employment. S figured it would be too easy to lose the card at college.</p>
<p>We had our S take his SS card. We urged him NOT to keep it in his wallet (good idea, since the wallet was stolen at the end of sophomore year). We thought he should have it in case he wanted to & got a job (didn't but MIGHT have). He will likely need it this year, since he did get a job doing research on campus. Alternatively, you could send it to your child if s/he gets a job or needs it -- might have to overnight it, since planning often isn't a strength.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies. She didn't need it for her summer job here, just told them her number. Maybe a copy will go with her to school. She would have to come back to her home state to replace her DL if she lost it I think.</p>
<p>Haven't had a SS card in years myself. Can't remember ever using the card itself--the number was committed to memory back in the dark ages when it was my college ID number. Even had SSN printed on my checks as an undergrad! Did I need the card when original passport was issued? Not sure~ Granted, I'm old, but my how times have changed!!</p>
<p>I'm with everyone else who suggested sending a copy. That should be all she needs.</p>
<p>I have had jobs where I've needed two government-issued forms of ID, but I've never specifically needed my SS card. I usually use my license and passport. For students who are not likely to need their passports at college for other reasons, reasonable employers will allow time to have the passport or social security card mailed.</p>
<p>NO! just have her memorize the number! there is no need to have a copy of the card with her. a copy can be mailed to her if she needs it. it can be a HUGE hassle if her SS # is stolen and then used by someone else for fraudlent purposes!</p>
<p>Menloparkmom...Actually, DS needed his SS card both for his undergrad job (off campus) and for a special program he was doing this summer through his college. Just having the number wasn't good enough. We sent him a copy (both sides) and that sufficed. The original is here. He had his passport and his driver's license in both cases...the jobs required that he produce his SS card. </p>
<p>The summer job he has now did not require that he produce the card, he just had to know the number.</p>
<p>I had to mail S his SS card to get his driver's license replaced after he lost his and also to get a passport. I made him return it to me for safe keeping when he was finished with it. Copies would not do in either instance.</p>
<p>You cannot use a copy of your social security card for the I-9 requirement. If an employer does accept it, he/she is not complying with the law.</p>
<p>Your student doesn't need a ss card at all. A certified copy of a birth certificate also works.</p>
<p>Well for a job, you're supposed to have to present two pieces of ID...driver's license, social security card or birth certificate.</p>
<p>You need 2 pieces of id, one from each list. Driver's license is from one list (as are some other picture id options) and ss card/birth certificate are from the other. A passport trumps all ... if you have that, you don't need anything else (even an expired one).</p>
<p>You need 2 pieces of id, one from each list>></p>
<p>Which list does a military ID fall into? It has your SSN on it and some states take it as proof of SSN and some don't.</p>
<p>If you use your military ID, you will still need something from list C (example SS card)</p>
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List A - Documents that Establish Both Identity and Employment Eligibility</p>
<p>U.S. Passport (expired or unexpired)
Certificate of U.S. Citizenship (Form N-560 or N-561)
Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-550 or N-570)
Unexpired foreign passport, with I-551 stamp or attached Form I-94 indicating unexpired employment authorization
Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration Receipt Card with photograph (Form I-151 or I-551)
Unexpired Temporary Resident Card (Form I-688)
Unexpired Employment Authorization Card (Form I-688A)
Unexpired Reentry Permit (Form I-327)
Unexpired Refugee Travel Document (Form I-571)
Unexpired Employment Authorization Document issued by DHS that contains a photograph (Form I-688B)
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List B - Documents that Establish Identity</p>
<p>Driver's license or ID card issued by a state or outlying possession of the United States, provided it contains a photograph or information such as name, date of birth, gender, height, eye color, and address
ID card issued by federal, state, or local government agencies or entities, provided it contains a photograph or information such as name, date of birth, gender, height, eye color, and address
School ID card with a photograph
Voter's registration card
*U.S. military card or draft record *
Military dependent's ID card
U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner card
Native American tribal document
Driver's license issued by a Canadian government authority
(For persons under age 18 who are unable to present a document listed above:)
School record or report card
Clinic, doctor, or hospital record
Day-care or nursery school record
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List C - Documents that Establish Employment Eligibility</p>
<p>U.S. social security card issued by the Social Security Administration (other than a card stating it is not valid for employment)
Certification of Birth Abroad issue by the Department of State (Form FS-545 or Form DS-1350)
Original or certified copy of a birth certificate issued by a State, county, municipal authority, or outlying possession of the United States bearing an official seal
Native American tribal document
U.S. Citizen ID Card (INS Form I-197)
ID card for use of Resident Citizen in the United States (INS Form I-179)
Unexpired employment authorization document issued by DHS (other than those listed under List A).
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<p>Despite the fact that the Patriot Act allows for the use of other documents, both of my kids have had employers who specifically asked for their Social Security cards along with their driver's licenses, rather than giving them the list of appropriate documents and letting them choose.</p>
<p>I'm not sure why the employers did this. Perhaps it was a way to verify the Social Security number and comply with the Patriot Act at the same time.</p>
<p>When I got a new job myself several months ago, I was given the whole list. I actually ended up using my birth certificate rather than my Social Security card because I couldn't find the latter.</p>