SS-5, application for a Social Security card
Read SSA's current application and evidence requirements. This page is not an IRIS upload-and-mail workflow.
Preparation only — not mailed by IRIS
This is official application and evidence guidance, not an IRIS upload-and-mail workflow. Confirm the applicable submission process and original or issuing-agency-certified evidence requirements with SSA.
Prepare outside IRIS
Relevant evidence must be original or issuing-agency-certified. Ordinary photocopies and scans are not substitutes. Confirm the applicable online, office, or mail process with SSA. This page is not an IRIS upload-and-mail workflow; do not enter or upload government identifiers here.
Read SSA Form SS-5 instructions and blank form
Check SSA's required documents and submission guidance
IRIS is independent of Social Security Administration. Follow the agency's current instructions and arrange submission outside IRIS.