WHAT'S NEW:
Social Security Validation is the process of determining whether the Social Security Number given by your applicant is in fact a valid number. Through this service we learn:
- If the Social Security Number was actually issued by the Social Security Administration
- If the number in question belongs to deceased person. Stolen identities are frequently revealed through this data alone.
- What state the number was issued in
- What year the number was issue
This is not the same as running a search through E-Verify, which can only be done post-hire, but the information gleaned from the Social Security Validation is vital!.