Should I give my SSN to a U.S. Senator?
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I reached out to my both of senators because my passport is taking too long to get and I am coming upon travel. The processing time has exceeded standard processing even though I have paid for expedited.
Long story short, I am almost out of time. Both senators have emailed me back stating that I need to fill out a privacy form before they are able to talk to travel gov people (or whatever) on my behalf.
They sent me a PDF asking for all the standard information, but also my full SSN. I am hesitant to send my entire personal information in a PDF to a senator lol. I am worried that if I dont, I will have delay and have to end up doing it anyway.
The PDF form sent has No government markings of any kind. Just the senator's logo. It is a nice looking pdf, and made to look like a professional form, but it isnt your standard dry gov form I am used to seeing.
(@scottalanmiller feel free to move, I did not know which category this fit.)
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@Florida_man said in Should I give my SSN to a U.S. Senator?:
I reached out to my both of senators because my passport is taking too long to get and I am coming upon travel. The processing time has exceeded standard processing even though I have paid for expedited.
Long story short, I am almost out of time. Both senators have emailed me back stating that I need to fill out a privacy form before they are able to talk to travel gov people (or whatever) on my behalf.
They sent me a PDF asking for all the standard information, but also my full SSN. I am hesitant to send my entire personal information in a PDF to a senator lol. I am worried that if I dont, I will have delay and have to end up doing it anyway.
The PDF form sent has No government markings of any kind. Just the senator's logo. It is a nice looking pdf, and made to look like a professional form, but it isnt your standard dry gov form I am used to seeing.
(@scottalanmiller feel free to move, I did not know which category this fit.)
You wrote down your SSN on the passport application. What is the difference? Is it email you are worried about?
BTW, all senators have their own privacy form you need to fill out.
For example:https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/services/files/5287D07F-BE6B-4FA3-8C3E-B3B46D101AD4
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@Florida_man said in Should I give my SSN to a U.S. Senator?:
I reached out to my both of senators because my passport is taking too long to get and I am coming upon travel. The processing time has exceeded standard processing even though I have paid for expedited.
Long story short, I am almost out of time. Both senators have emailed me back stating that I need to fill out a privacy form before they are able to talk to travel gov people (or whatever) on my behalf.
They sent me a PDF asking for all the standard information, but also my full SSN. I am hesitant to send my entire personal information in a PDF to a senator lol. I am worried that if I dont, I will have delay and have to end up doing it anyway.
The PDF form sent has No government markings of any kind. Just the senator's logo. It is a nice looking pdf, and made to look like a professional form, but it isnt your standard dry gov form I am used to seeing.
(@scottalanmiller feel free to move, I did not know which category this fit.)
What choice do you have? It seems if you delay, you risk having to reschedule your trip. That said, maybe you can call your senator's office to verify the form is legit and that they do in fact need your full SSN. Also verify the email you send it to is official. Maybe you can ask if it's okay to encrypt the email or take it to their office directly? After submitting it to them, keep on them / check in with them about it.
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I am not US citizen, but I do not see what is a big deal about giving your SSN to anybody?
Isn't it just a unique number of a citizen in public records? It is not some secret code, right? -
@Mario-Jakovina said in Should I give my SSN to a U.S. Senator?:
I am not US citizen, but I do not see what is a big deal about giving your SSN to anybody?
Isn't it just a unique number of a citizen in public records? It is not some secret code, right?They're not even unique!
SSN are not supposed to be used as an ID, but they are used as a form of ID a LOT.
