Can you get rid of your social security number?

[Wendi]

I have no idea where this goes so if it belongs in another section mods please put it in the right place

I know that it is technically possible to not ever get a social security number for your child but even that is getting harder and harder now days unless you have a home birth. BUT what if your parents didn't consider the consequences and saddled you with one. Is there a way to get rid of it? If so... how? I know if anyone knows where to even begin it would be someone here lol...

[newyearsrevolution08]

I have no idea where this goes so if it belongs in another section mods please put it in the right place

I know that it is technically possible to not ever get a social security number for your child but even that is getting harder and harder now days unless you have a home birth. BUT what if your parents didn't consider the consequences and saddled you with one. Is there a way to get rid of it? If so... how? I know if anyone knows where to even begin it would be someone here lol...

Stop using it, now with that comes issues. Like most jobs, medical care among most anything else REQUIRES it. Taxes as well will need that fun number as well.

Only way I could see NOT using it is simple.

1. Own your own business and use your business tax id for tax purposes
2. See if you can use OTHER forms of identification besides the ss card
3. Maybe making income that you don't report and hope nothing ever comes back to kick you in the butt as far as back taxes and potential jail time for not handing over the funds.
4. claim exempt on your taxes - I think you can tell your employer to NOT file because that is not mandatory for them to do so and it is a personal decision. Taxes are voluntary or that is the way I see it.

To live a normal and happy American life right now though, I think the only way to live happy without one is to become an illegal alien and get a free ride that way.

Wonder if there are any employers who do not believe in income being taxed and would not require that you give them a ss card.

I can't think of too many NEEDED things in our lives that do NOT require one whether as simple paperwork or as a requirement.

great topic and can't wait for MORE informed people than myself to toss some knowledge out.

Can you ask that your child NOT have a social security card? If that is true than I have a baby on the way who I would love to take off the grid. My son didn't get that opportunity but I am not sure if you can actually decline it AND get medical care for the child.

It would be great if all you needed to show was a birth cert and id and leave the money draining and a waste of income SOCIAL SECURITY to the old folks who got suckered into it.

I don't work a regular job and don't pay personal taxes in that fashion myself so odds are I would not really see much when I "retire".


great topic

[Melissa]

I met a guy awhile back in the LP party and he said he did not get his 2 kids SS numbers and they are over 18 now, so yes it can be done, not give your kids SS numbers, but not sure how, if you want more info let me know and will see if I can find his contact info

[newyearsrevolution08]

I met a guy awhile back in the LP party and he said he did not get his 2 kids SS numbers and they are over 18 now, so yes it can be done, not give your kids SS numbers, but not sure how, if you want more info let me know and will see if I can find his contact info

I want that info as well. I would love to do that for my newborn whenever he or she arrives.

[RSLudlum]

I want that info as well. I would love to do that for my newborn whenever he or she arrives.

http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10023.html#must

make sure you read/ask questions about all the hospital forms before you sign them.

[newyearsrevolution08]

http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10023.html#must

make sure you read/ask questions about all the hospital forms before you sign them.

sweet thank you...

damn the man

[ghengis86]

just had a son and he's not getting an SSN.

I filled out the birth certificate paperwork with the hospital for the county. on the form, there is a question which asks:

"do you want XXXXXXX county to apply for a social sercurity number with the State Department of health? Yes/No"

I checked the "No" box. Now the interesting part.

I got a 'birth confirmation' letter from the hospital's recaords department stating that they've sent the info to the county to get a birth certificate. It also said "Permission has been given to apply for a social security number from the State Department of health"
I knew I checked "no" so i called the hospital's records department and reache thel ady in charge of records. i simply told her that I didn't want them to apply for a number and that i'd do it myself. she looked up my file and sure enough, i had checked no. she said that everyone checks "yes" so she must have just missed this one. she said she had no idea if this could be reversed or not, or if anyone has ever requested this. i told her to contact the state department of health and let them know she made a mistake. she said she would. a few minutes later she called back and told me that they hadn't received the paperwork yet and that they'd make sure not to apply for an SSN. she also said she'd call back to confirm that thigns were filed correctly with the state. it went very well and i was pleasantly suprised.

i have no idea how you can get rid of your current SSN. i'm just trying to give my son a leg up. when he's old enough, he can choose to get one or not. i wish my parents did this for me.

[american.swan]

I have two sons. One son I got a SS number for him, but I regret it. I also don't know what the number is because I never got the documentation back. I no longer live at the address the SS information would have been sent to. So to get the number I'd have to request the documents again from the SS admin and I am not inclined to do it.

My second son as of yet isn't an American. He's registered as a Korean national. I will get him a US passport in the future and I will make a point of not getting a SS number for him.

[craezie]

I considered this with my son, but you cannot get a passport for a minor without a social security number. Foreign travel is important to us, so just FYI you are giving up the option to leave the country if you don't get a SSN.

[jsu718]

I considered this with my son, but you cannot get a passport for a minor without a social security number. Foreign travel is important to us, so just FYI you are giving up the option to leave the country if you don't get a SSN.

No, not the option to leave the country... just the option to come back in most of the time. Crossing the border to other countries I have gotten by fine with a birth certificate and ID. I guess Obama would have had trouble.