What's a social security number?

What's a social security number? Is it given to you when you are born? What is it for? My parents say I don't have one but my little brother does. Do I need to get one too?

Yes. All persons born here are given one. But your parents were supposed to file with the social security office after your birth, or the hospital supplies the forms, the parents fill it out before the mom and baby leave the hospital and then the hospital files it with the Social Security Administration.

If you are not born here, but come legally, you are eligible for one and need to file paperwork with S.S.A.

If you are not here legally, you are not entitled to one.

Its a number that you get when your born. Its like an identification number that proves that you are who you say you are and that you exist to the govenment and others.

If you're a citizen of the United States, you get a Social Security Number, usually upon birth.

In the United States, a Social Security number (or SSN) is a number issued to citizens, permanent residents, and temporary (working) residents under section 205(c)(2) of the Social Security Act, codified as 42 U.S.C. 搂 405(c)(2). The number is issued to an individual by the Social Security Administration, an agency of the federal government. Ostensibly, its primary purpose is tracking working individuals for taxation purposes and to track Social Security benefits. However, in recent years, the SSN has become a de facto national identification number, even though it is not supposed to be used as a form of identification.

Contrary to popular belief, there is still no law directly requiring a natural born US Citizen to apply for a Social Security number to live or work in the United States. Although a handful of people still live this way, it is becoming ever increasingly difficult to engage in normal acts of commerce or banking activities without providing one. Such prohibitions against persons that refuse to enter into what amounts to a voluntary government program, raises a variety of constitutional concerns.

a number assigned by the u.s. government to establish a way to keep track of all us citizens , it is also a source of keeping track of credit transactions

Social security number or SS No is a Government ID either you are eligible to work in USA either as a employee or Businessman..
No it's not given when you are born..
Social security is a kind of ID for your eligibility..If you don't have the SS No you need to get it..