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Individuals With Earnings Before Receiving Work-Authorized Social Security Numbers

July 22, 2019

Office Affiliation: The Office of Audit

Audit Report Number: A-03-16-50132

We issued this to determine whether noncitizen workers met the criteria of section 211 of the Social Security Protection Act of 2004 (SSPA) when they received credit for wages earned before they received their Social Security numbers (SSN).

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