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.

To get a Social Security card, you must bring original or certified documents. Photocopies aren't accepted due to strict SSA identity rules.

My middle name on my birth certificate is misspelled, but spelled correctly on my Social Security card. Because of that, I ...

Your Social Security card is a vital personal document. It contains your Social Security number (SSN), which is a unique identifier that plays a crucial role in establishing your identity and is ...

Throughout life, everyone ends up collecting all sorts of important papers—certificates, cards, government documents and IDs—and we’re told we need to keep them forever. While that might sound like a ...

It can be a stressful event to lose your Social Security card, but the process to replace Social Security card is not as complicated as most people expect. Losing, stealing, or damaging a card can be ...

Most of us get our Social Security card early in life. It can be hard to keep the same card for your whole long life, though. After all -- things like a lost Social Security card happen, and one day ...