Somebody already told me he has the same problem. You know him.
Bottom line, states are cross checking DL applications with SSN. If the name doesn't match and you don't know there's a mistake, they can't complete the crosscheck. The Social Security office needs your BIRTH CERTIFICATE to fix the problem. I advise everybody to check their SS statements for any errors in the name, and fix them right away before they get into the mess that I did.
The SS database was populated by typing it in to the system by hand from paper records, or whatever source they used. There seem to be a lot of typos in the database, and even though THEY CAUSED THE PROBLEM, you have to prove who you are with your birth certificate.
Don't bother with anything else. Don't call the 1-80D-ONT-WORK, because in addition to not working it is fundamentally useless. (That number DONTWORK is a joke. I can't remember the right number, but it doesn't make any difference.)
Go to the local SS office to correct errors.
I do have a certain sympathy for the conundrum faced by the SSA. They have MILLIONS of records, which is a formidable burden to handle by typing it in, there being no other practical way.
I supervised a vegetation inventory project in Alaska on 17 million acres of land, in which we sampled trees and other vegetation. It took us five years with 14 two person crews to gather the data, and we still had only about 700,000 records. |
