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Social Security Number Verification Service (SSNVS) Handbook |
SUBMISSION FILE FORMATTo ensure your electronic file submission processes successfully, the file must be a text file (.txt) in the following format: NOTE: Effective 09/24/11, gender is no longer used as part of the SSN verification process. You do not need to make any changes to the file format. If a value is included in position '54' of a file, we will remove it and replace it with a blank prior to the verification attempt. All returned files will have a blank in position '48.' NOTE: Record delimiters are not to be used (i.e., do not place a comma or any other character after any field). NOTE: If a field marked "May not be left blank." does not contain an entry, the item is automatically considered a non-verified record. NOTE: In order to sort the return file to your specifications, we recommend using the User Control Data field to create a unique identifier for each record. This unique identifier would be placed in positions 90-103 in your submission file and returned to you in positions 84-97 in the return file.
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