Originally Posted by
ralfp
At first I agreed with your
, but then I realized that there is a possible explanation; the issuance of a passport verified your daughter's identity. Had the passport application been rejected (by the DoS in the US), then she would not be able to get the SS number.
A bit far fetched, but it seems logical.
That would be right -- if a passport were never accepted as proof of identity. However, if she had brought it in a month earlier, when it was still valid, she would have gotten the SS number.
Her passport may have expired but not her identity.