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Why YSK: If you are a US Resident, don't lose your Social Security card more than 10 times, or else you might need to respawn πŸ’€

Excerpt from Wikipedia:

In accordance with Β§7213 of the 9/11 Commission Implementation Act of 2004 and 20 CFR 422.103, the number of replacement Social Security cards per person is generally limited to three per calendar year and ten in a lifetime.

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[–] ericatty@infosec.pub 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

What happens if someone gets married a lot and keeps needing a new card with new name?

Now I'm wondering what the maximum number of times someone has been married. Elizabeth Taylor was married 8 times (twice to Burton, so she could have reused that one if she kept it) But if she took her husband's last name legally (while keeping her stage name) each time, she would have been pushing the limit, and over it if she went back to her maiden name, lost any cards, or didn't keep old ones... Or if her lawyers were like, don't change your name legally again after husband 5?

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I guess they're not replacement cards but newly issued ones

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Yeah I think this is to counter someone selling theirs on purpose replacing it. Guess the number is just honestly an estimate of what could reasonably happen, but then it's still 3 a year. But then again you couldn't definitely have such bad luck to lose your wallet thrice a year.

Anyways, I'd assume that if (well before the US went totally mad) there was an actually reasonable case of someone encountering the limit who clearly wasn't a fraudster, it'd probably be amended.

But that's just my cursed optimism, probably doesn't reflect reality.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-20/chapter-III/part-422/subpart-B/section-422.103

We may allow for reasonable exceptions to these limits on a case-by-case basis in compelling circumstances. We also will consider name changes (i.e., verified legal changes to the first name and/or surname) and changes in alien status which result in a necessary change to a restrictive legend on the SSN card (see paragraph (e)(3) of this section) to be compelling circumstances, and will not include either of these changes when determining the yearly or lifetime limits.

[–] ericatty@infosec.pub 2 points 5 days ago

Who down-voted you? You answered my idle thought with the sauce!! Thank you!!

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 6 days ago

I learned this for my parents because they had to keep getting me new ones. They got my name incorrect 9 times, the social security office. So my parents kept going back and then they warned them I'm close to the limit. My mom and dad we're pissed because my parents didn't lose it the office kept making a mistake but it doesn't matter. Now my mom keeps it so it doesn't get lost.

[–] Contemporarium@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago

Shiiiiiet I’m like 2-3 away probably lol

[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 138 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (14 children)

Avoid paying taxes with this one weird trick

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 123 points 1 week ago (21 children)

Why. The hell. Are we supposed to keep sacred a piece of paper that only has 9 precious numbers we can't choose, but that will permanently identify us, that will deteriorate over time, we're not supposed to laminate or protect it, and we only have limited replacements!? So dumb...

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