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Volume 2 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program(SNAP) MS 3620 – R. 6/1/17 – OMTL – 511 Social Security Number (SSN) Applications

If an application for an SSN with the Social Security Administration (SSA) is verified, do not complete form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Card. Obtain a copy of form SS-10 or form SSA-2853, Message from Social Security, for the case record.

In completing form SS-5 for a member, verify the date of birth, identity, and citizenship of the individual using evidence required by SSA and procedures for form SS-5.

Ensure each individual who completes form SS-5 understands the use of the number and has read and understands "The Privacy Act and Your Request for a Social Security Number”, which is printed on page 4 of form SS-5.

[To preserve the anonymity of the natural parents and to ensure the contents of the original case record remain confidential for children placed for adoption or subsidized adoption, follow the enumeration procedures outlined in the SSA Program Operations Manual Systems, section GN 03340.025, Access Rights of a Parent, located on the Social Security Administration website.]

A. Verification. Acceptable proof of age includes:

1. Birth certificate from any hospital not shown in the appendix to the procedural instructions for form SS-5;

2. Verification of birth registration (Notification of Birth Registration issued by Vital Statistics);

3. If the member was born in Kentucky in 1976 or later, Kentucky Vital Events Tracking System (KVETS), Birth Index File;

4. Hospital record;

5. Baptismal record;

6. School record; and

7. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) records.

If a birth certificate, birth registration, baptismal record, etc., is used for proof of date of birth, additional verification is required to establish that the document is actually that of the applicant. Procedural instructions to form SS-5 give a complete listing of acceptable evidence of age and identity. Any document showing a birthplace in the United States (U.S.) establishes citizenship.

Do not use one document to verify both age and identity (e.g., driver's license); a driver's license verifies identity only. An additional document to verify age is required.

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MS 3620

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Volume 2 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program(SNAP) MS 3620 – R. 6/1/17 – OMTL – 511 Social Security Number (SSN) Applications

In completing form SS-5 for a member, verify the date of birth, identity, and citizenship of the individual using evidence required by SSA and procedures for form SS-5.

A. Verification. Acceptable proof of age includes:

1. Birth certificate from any hospital not shown in the appendix to the procedural instructions for form SS-5;

2. Verification of birth registration (Notification of Birth Registration issued by Vital Statistics);

3. If the member was born in Kentucky in 1976 or later, Kentucky Vital Events Tracking System (KVETS), Birth Index File;

4. Hospital record;

5. Baptismal record;

6. School record; and

7. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) records.

Do not use one document to verify both age and identity (e.g., driver's license); a driver's license verifies identity only. An additional document to verify age is required.