TAT (2011): Instant
A Social Security Number (SSN) Trace discovers the past address history associated with the SSN within approximately the last 7 years and validates only the year and state of issuance. The SSN Trace does NOT match the name to the SSN from the Social Security Administration (SSA). See SSN Name Match for details.
The most effective way of using an SSN Trace is to compile all the past addresses it generates and all the past addresses gathered from the employment application and/or résumé, and focus your efforts in those counties, states and federal jurisdictions when selecting your criminal search types. By doing so, you will have the start of a very powerful and comprehensive criminal background check. Effective July 2011, the Social Security Administration will be issuing SSN’s on a randomized basis, therefore the SSN Trace algorithm will no longer apply to SSN’s issued after July 2011.
Erroneous information, such as additional names not directly connected with your SSN Trace may appear. What has happened? Most likely, it is a transposition error in a digit of the SSN that has not been previously purged from the credit database. However, if you see multiple names and multiple locations that are very different from your applicant’s, then please contact us immediately for further investigative analysis at 1-888-GOBACK-1 ext. 83 | patrickc@GObackgrounds.com.
A SSN Trace may also return results, “No Record Found for Given SSN”. What has happened? Because the SSN Trace is a combination of multiple databases that includes credit header and footer information, most likely, the SSN is too new to have developed a credit history or in very rare instances the individual has operated on a cash basis only. Also a “No Record Found for Given SSN” does NOT mean that your applicant has a clear criminal record. The primary identifiers when determining the criminal history of an applicant are name and Date Of Birth (DOB). Additionally, a SSN Trace does NOT give the applicant the right to work in the U.S. and does NOT match the name to the SSN from the Social Security Administration (SSA). See SSN Name Match for details.