Look at the I-9 form. You can produce one item from List A or one from B and one from C.

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-9.pdf

thanks all

Yes, this is a thing. Not everyone has a passport

Yes. Older child had to show original document (I mailed her the SS card) for I9 verification last year for a job in one state, and this week my younger child in college in a different state needed theirs for the same reason for a part time on campus job.

Anonymous wrote:I have never had to show a SS card, which is good, because I e never had one. Good grief. Is this something I should figure out how to get for my kid? I assume it’s like birth and marriage certificates, where you can pay for an official certified copy from Richmond or whatever?

Yes. You should have gotten one when your kid was a baby.

I have never had to show a SS card, which is good, because I e never had one. Good grief. Is this something I should figure out how to get for my kid? I assume it’s like birth and marriage certificates, where you can pay for an official certified copy from Richmond or whatever?

if it's for I9 then might as well mail the passport over. good to have another form of ID handy nowadays.

Anonymous wrote:No, that’s not a thing OP. Is it a legit job? Or is he asking for his SSN card for his I9 verification?

This. It's likely one of the documents on a list of choices.

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like I9 verification. If he doesn’t have a passport to show, a SS card would be one of the acceptable documents to prove employment eligibility.

This. Mine used passport.

There are jobs that require presentation of original documents.

I had to show an original card to get my son his Michigan Driver's license. Two forms of i.d. the other could be a passport and an original birth certificate.

I believe I have shown xeroxes of my card when starting new jobs. And maybe had the real one available.

Sounds like I9 verification. If he doesn’t have a passport to show, a SS card would be one of the acceptable documents to prove employment eligibility.

No, that’s not a thing OP. Is it a legit job? Or is he asking for his SSN card for his I9 verification?

wanted to add it's a part-time on-campus job not even a regular one just for occasional event/activity needs

No absolutely no job requires your SS card.

Just the number not the physical card that is absurd.

is this a thing for real? DC said it's required and wanted it mailed. I've never been asked or needed to show the card for any job application ever. But I've never applied a VA school/govt job either.