Q: I wasn’t able to legally work for the last 5 years and I am a us citizen. Am I owed money by the government?
Hi, my name is Anonymous and I wasn’t able to go to college, nor was I able to get a job due to the fact that I didn’t have a social security number. My father used fear to scare my mom into not giving me my birth certificate (keeping me out of the system or far away from hospitals). He passed away when I was 8-9 but there have been many issues with my dad as a person to the point I would say that his passing was a blessing. This issue he created many years ago has only just now been resolved and I have lost many opportunities within the last 5 years due to this.
A: You are leaving out important facts. What was the legal bar to your employment all that time? You could have picked up a SS number on line if you needed one. What opportunities did you miss? Were you a government employee?
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