Addendum to the Supporting Statement for 0960-0778

Addendum to the Supporting Statement for Form SSA-132

Notification of a Social Security Number (SSN) to an Employer

for Wage Reporting Purposes

20 CFR 422.103(a)

OMB No. 0960-0778

Terms of Clearance

This ICR is approved for 2 years. SSA should review whether this form is necessary in their next review of forms for electronic implementation prior to resubmission for OMB approval.

SSA Response:

SSA rereviewed the need for this form, and it remains a necessary tool for respondents who are foreign exchange students or exchange visitors who require an SSN for school purposes or for work purposes under their work visas. SSA also assessed this form for electronic implementation and determined that we are unable to create an Internet version of this information collection at this time. Since this process involves applications for original SSNs and the SSN applicants are both unknown to SSA and not U.S. citizens, we do not have the means to electronically authenticate them, as we cannot compare the identification information the applicants provide with SSA’s existing records. In addition, since many of the SSN applicants who use this form are citizens of countries outside the United States and are temporarily here before returning to their countries of origin, we cannot authenticate them using ID.me or Login.gov, both of which rely on prior information obtained from U.S. citizens. Finally, SSA does not provide one-way transmission of SSNs to employers or other third parties at the initial assignment of the SSN.

We will reassess our ability to make this form electronic if (or when) technological advances are created that would allow for us to make this collection available via the Internet and authenticate the respondents using secure means.

Minor Revisions to the Collection Instrument

SSA is making the following revisions:

• Change #1: We are revising the Privacy Act Statements on this collection.

Justification #1: SSA’s Office of the General Counsel is conducting a systematic review of SSA’s Privacy Act Statements on agency forms. As a result, SSA is updating the Privacy Act Statements on this collection.

• Change #2: We are revising the PRA statement on this collection.

Justification #2: We are revising the PRA statement to reflect our current boilerplate language.  The current language, which dates back to the last reprint of the form, is now outdated.