Is it legal in the US to keep your kids/teens SSN secret from them?

[Mariana Trench]

Does anyone know the answer to this? What are the resources if it is illegal? (How) can someone in this position still get a job?

[VinceG]

Originally Posted by Mariana Trench

Does anyone know the answer to this? What are the resources if it is illegal? (How) can someone in this position still get a job?

Before you turn 18, parents rule your world. They can say you can't have a job. Once you turn eighteen, you can get a replacement SS card and/or birth certificate.

[Mariana Trench]

Originally Posted by VinceG

Before you turn 18, parents rule your world. They can say you can't have a job. Once you turn eighteen, you can get a replacement SS card and/or birth certificate.

Where and how?

[VinceG]

Originally Posted by Mariana Trench

Where and how?

For SS card:
Get Or Replace A Social Security Card

Birth certificate applications vary by state. Poke around your state government's website until you find it. Or tell me which state and I'll go look myself.

[Criseyde]

Contact the Social Security Administration (800-772-1213). Tell them you don't know your SSN and need it to apply for a job. They'll probably need proof of identity and citizenship, e.g a driver's license and/or birth certificate, before they'll tell you. If you need a replacement card, try The United States Social Security Administration -- here is the information for a US-born child (): Documents You Need for a Social Security Card

Good luck!

[Mariana Trench]

Thank you both for your posts. What can one do in absence of a birth certificate and driver's license?

[Criseyde]

Originally Posted by Mariana Trench

Thank you both for your posts. What can one do in absence of a birth certificate and driver's license?

You can get a state ID from the DMV. I think you'd have to still present a birth certificate though, or some sort of proof of identity/citizenship.

[aelle]

Hey Mariana, may I ask what the situation is that requires your SS number? Isn't it possible to resolve it in cooperation with your parents?

Good thoughts <3

[VinceG]

Originally Posted by Mariana Trench

Thank you both for your posts. What can one do in absence of a birth certificate and driver's license?

Generally a job won't require your birth certificate or driver's license, unless the position requires driving. But you will need your SS number. You don't need your card, you just need to know your number.

[ButterflyWoman]

Any adult can get a copy of their own birth certificate under normal circumstances (i.e., you weren't born in some country that has had all its records destroyed in a war or something). All that's required is contacting the registrar in the place of birth and following their procedure (there's usually a modest fee for processing, plus specific paperwork that must be submitted). Google search can assist with finding who to contact.

[ChrisGinsburg]

Originally Posted by VinceG

Generally a job won't require your birth certificate or driver's license, unless the position requires driving. But you will need your SS number. You don't need your card, you just need to know your number.

Most HR department insist on making photo copies of at least the Social Security card.