SCC?) SOCIAL SECURITY TEH2 November 21, 2017 171301018 Mr. Daamin A. Foster 4852 Plymouth Trace Decatur, GA 30035 Dear Mr. Foster: Thank you for your October 21, 2017 letter to the Social Security Administration (SSA) referring to your ethnicity and race...
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SCC?) SOCIAL SECURITY TEH2 November 21, 2017 171301018 Mr. Daamin A. Foster 4852 Plymouth Trace Decatur, GA 30035 Dear Mr. Foster: Thank you for your October 21, 2017 letter to the Social Security Administration (SSA) referring to your ethnicity and race identification in our records. The Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Card, has always contained a voluntary question related to race/ethnicity. Applicants for an original Social Security number (SSN) or replacement SSN card are not required to answer the race/ethnicity question. We will process the Form SS-5 regardless of whether the applicant has provided race/ethnicity information. We request race information for research and statistical purpose only. We create a Numident record when a person applies for an original SSN card. The Numident is the electronic database that contains SSA's records of SSNs assigned since 1936. Each time an individual applies for a replacement SSN card, we establish a new entry in his or her Numi
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