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[–] 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You're required to sign up within 30 days of your 18th birthday. You should have (well your parents anyway) a social security card within the first year of your life, strange outliers aside.

It's still technically a crime knowingly not registering, with a $250k fine, even if it hasn't been prosecuted in decades.

It also bars you from federal government jobs, many federal programs, and grants. Until 2020, it also barred any federal financial aid for education, but that's changed now.

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  • [+] -9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You should have a Social Security Number when you are born as a citizen of the USA. You register for your card when you turn 18.

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