Ssnvs handbook

If your connection is lost during file submission, you will have to submit the file again. This web page acknowledges that your file was received and provides other submitted related information. Once a file is successfully submitted and you have noted its confirmation number, you can process more files by selecting the Submit Another File button; this returns you to the Submit a File for SSN Verification - Submit Your File web page.

Skip to content. The Employer's EIN field is mandatory. The Employer's EIN must be nine 9 numerical characters only. Spaces, alphabetic characters, hyphens, slashes or any other special characters are not allowed. The SSN field is mandatory. The SSN must be nine 9 numerical characters only. The First Name field is mandatory. The First Name must be between one 1 and 10 characters in length. If the First Name is longer than 10 characters, enter the first 10 characters of the First Name.

Enter the First Name using alphabetic characters only. Spaces, numbers, hyphens, slashes or any other special characters are not allowed. The Middle Name field is optional. If entered, the Middle Name must be between one 1 and seven 7 characters in length. If the Middle Name is longer than seven 7 characters, enter the first seven 7 characters of the Middle Name.

Enter the Middle Name using alphabetic characters only. For more than 10 SSNs submitted, the results may be downloaded only. Note For security reasons, if the record has a verification code of 3, 6 or if the Verification Results field is "blank", the first five 5 positions of the SSN will be masked with an "X".

Important You may have to associate the downloaded file with your default text editor or save the downloaded file as a text file. Note This option is available only if there are 10 or less SSNs submitted for verification. The file was rejected.

Except for peak submission periods, file results will usually be available the next government business day. The file is more than 30 days old and can no longer be viewed or downloaded. Agent interaction : The agent can verify SSNs. Scenario 2 : The user is registered but locked out of the Integrated Registration Services IRES system and an agent is unable to unlock them because of a systems problem.

Agent interaction : If an agent is able to unlock the user's account, then the agent will not verify SSNs. If the agent is unable to unlock employer, then the agent will verify SSNs until the unlock issue has been resolved.

Scenario 3 : The user is registered and has requested a new Business Services Online BSO temporary password and has not yet received it. Agent interaction : An agent will verify the SSN if the user is registered and had requested a temporary password. If the employer did not request a temporary password, then the agent will not verify the SSN. Scenario 4 : SSA's electronic verification systems are down and unavailable to the public.