Originally Posted by
bordeauxboy
Gotta love the expiration date thing, especially since an expired passport - had to use one of mine to fly when I managed to be simultaneously waiting for a new DL in Texas and be waiting for added passport pages - is considered valid ID to either prove citizenship or get a new passport.
It is not, however, valid ID to get a Social Security number. When my daughter went to the Consulate in Haifa to get her passport renewed, she asked for a Social Security number.
It was refused on the basis that her passport was expired and therefore could not serve as identification.
After the Consulate had the passport renewed, they were happy to use her new passport to issue the Social Security number.
Does anyone besides me see a slight lack of logic here?