April is National Social Security Month! Your Social Security Number (SSN) may be your most important piece of identification – yet it's likely that you never carry your Social Security card with you.

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Just the other day, one of my neighbors called and said that she had lost her Social Security card. She wondered what she needed to do to replace it. I told her that replacing a lost or misplaced ...

A Social Security number (SSN) is a nine-digit identifier assigned to U.S. citizens, permanent residents and eligible ...

In most cases, you can start or complete a replacement card request online with a Social Security account. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

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