I'm pretty sure that they removed the restriction on lamination at some point. But I'm not really sure.
You can make a copy and laminate the copy.
I've kept mine in a tight card slot in a leather wallet for longer than some of these commentators have been alive and it honestly still looks great.
Canada issues their SSN cards in hard plastic, which IME is far superior to any credit card plastic. It’s been in my wallet since 1990 and while it looks old, it’s in better shape than almost all of my credit cards - none of which are older than 5 years.
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Exceptions may be made at the discretion of the mods.
