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Originally posted by Decision
I am not from the states...but I do know that adoption does not disqualify you from getting a SSN number, or am I missing something about your paticular adoption story?
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Melissa
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In the US it can be very difficult, I have been trying for 18 years and I have been told that because of my adoption I am considered a US citizen ineligible for an SSN. So disqualify you, it depends. Changes in SSA rules from the 1980's to 2002, create this the situation for those in the 'Gap' Group, those born in the 60's and 70's, in reference to the SSA, and those like me. I could go on, but it is a long excuse to give the governments side of this, but being given an SSN is a priveledge not a right. In the US there is no right to work, or to be given an SSN, or to have a driver's license (right to drive an auto) in the US; being able to vote, for US citizens, is one of the few affirmative rights in the US.
Bastard Nation has more this also
http://www.bastards.org
Or I can answer any specific questions or refer you