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Originally Posted by Texpat Not all Americans have a social security number |
if they pay tax, they do, and if they want to open a bank account, they also need one
I think even illegal immigrants can get one, at least before they could, maybe not now, foreigners, even tourists could get one, of course this has probably changed now but that was the case for a long time,
I have one, took me 2 min to get it, and only a home address or some silly papers, nothing difficult. I was actually amazed how easy it was. It's basically your national serial number.
You can't use social security number in the US for voting because of this precisely, as everyone can get one, even illegal immigrants and tourists and they are not allowed to vote. It's a big mess.