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Social security
trace
Each and every person leaving legally within the
boundaries of United States of America has a number to
identify himself .this number is called the social
security number or popularly known as the SSN. The social
security number gives access to all back ground details of
any individual. This is possible because social security
number helps access to several different kinds of database
records like criminal records health records marriage
records and credit records. This is why social security
number becomes a prime requirement during employment
processes. By using the social security number the
prospective employee can check whether all the information
given by the person on his resume like birth date, address
etc can be traced. Also the employee can check whether the
person has criminal records by submitting his SSN number
to the federal bureau of investigations central database
of crime records. Also he might need to know the persons
medical records so that the company might not end up
paying the huge medical bills afterwards.
Getting a social security
number
In order to get yourself a social security number you have
to fill an application form called the SS-5 form. You also
need to give identification proof of U.S citizenship
By submitting documents form government agencies like
department of homeland security proving your citizenship.
Documents normally shown as proof of citizenship include
include a U.S. birth certificate, U.S. consular report of
birth, U.S. passport, Certificate of Naturalization or
Certificate of Citizenship. If you are not a U.S. citizen,
Social Security will ask to see your current U.S.
immigration documents. Acceptable documents include
you’re:
Form I-551 (includes machine-readable immigrant visa with
your unexpired foreign passport);
I-94 with your unexpired foreign passport; or
Work permit card from the Department of Homeland Security
Send the filled form to your local social security office.
The person besides proving his citizenship needs to give
proof of his age and identity.
Proof of age
under normal circumstance you must present your birth
certificate if you have it or can easily obtain it. If you
do not have a birth certificate passport is also enough to
prove your age.
Proof of Identity
only certain documents could be given as proof of
identity. An acceptable document must be current (not
expired) and show your name, identifying information and
preferably a recent photograph. Social Security will ask
to see a U.S. driver’s license, state-issued nondriver
identification card or U.S. passport as proof of identity.
If you do not have the specific documents you can also
show the following documents as proof of identity.
Using the
social security number to track records
Social security number gives you the key to track
essential records of any individual .The following
personal records can be easily verified using the social
security number:
Criminal records
Criminal records contain all sorts of information starting
from crime scene investigation, identification, and arrest
and warrant information. The main reason behind keeping
such as a database is to help in future crime
investigation by studying the crime pattern and comparing
that with other crime patterns of previous cases in order
to come out with a possible set of suspects. Also criminal
records of individuals are used to bring up a prosecution
case by the lawyers. Normally
Criminal histories are maintained by law enforcement
agencies on all levels of government. Separate criminal
records may be maintained by the local sheriffs
department, states specialty police agency, traffic
police, highway petrol and central government information
bureaus. Provide the social security number to the
security agencies and you can get details of all criminal
records of the person.
Birth records
Normally birth records of all individuals are kept in the
form of birth certificates. These certificates are
normally stored in governmental records and are provided
by the new born parents or the hospital concerned. These
certificates are normally prepared by the doctors who were
looking after the new borns mother at the time of child
birth. The official birth records are usually stored at a
government record office. In Canada and the United States
of America, it is stored with the government of the
receiver's state or province. Provide the social security
number to the government agencies and you can get details
of all birth records. |
