Replacement Card for a U.S. Born Child 
You can replace your child's Social Security card for free if it is lost or stolen. You are limited to three replacement cards in a year and 10 during a lifetime. Legal name changes and other exceptions do not count toward these limits. For example , changes in immigration status that require card updates may not count toward these limits. Also , you may not be affected by these limits if you can prove you need the card to prevent a significant hardship. Important You must present original documents or copies certified by the agency that issued them. We cannot accept photocopies or notarized copies. All documents must be current not expired. We cannot accept a receipt showing you applied for the document. 

What original documents do I need? 
Citizenship If you have not already established the child's U.S. citizenship with us , we need to see proof of U.S. citizenship. We can accept only certain documents as proof of U.S. citizenship. These include a U.S. birth certificate or U.S. passport. Important This documentation is only required if your child hasNOT already established citizenship with us. Identity Your child : While you can use a birth certificate to prove age or citizenship , you cannot use it as proof of identity. Social Security needs evidence that shows the child continues to exist beyond the date of birth. We can accept only certain documents as proof of your child's identity. An acceptable document must show your child's name, identifying information i.e., age, date of birth, or parents' names and preferably a recent photograph. We generally can accept a non - photo identity document if it has enough information to identify the child such as the child's name and age, date of birth or parents' names. We prefer to see the child's U.S. passport. If that document is not available , we may accept the child's : State Issued non - drivers identification card ; Adoption decree ; Doctor, clinic or hospital record ; Reli

user: Hi, how you doing. Look, i'm looking for information about what original documents do i need related to replacing a SSN card for a child, please?

assistant: Yes, no problem. The documents you need will serve to prove child's U.S citizenship. There is only certain documents that we can accept in that regard.

assistant: Have you already established the child's U.S citizenship with us?

user: No, i hadn't do that.

user: That got me thinking. Please, that card can be replaced, isn't?

assistant: Sure, sure. The child's SSN card can be replaced free of charge in case is lost or stolen. you should know that you have a limit for that operation, up to 3 times in a year and up to 10 times during your lifetime.

user: Oh, i didn't knew that. Look, can i present copies of the documents?

assistant: That's not possible, sorry. Those documents you should present, must be original or if they are copies, must be certified by that agency that issued them. We won't accept notarized copies, either. Of course, these documents mus be current and not expired.

user: Uh, mus take that into account. And, in any case, i could present other documents to you?

assistant: It is possible, yes. Any document presented must show your name, date of birth or age, and a recent photograph. This document could be, for example, a employee identification card.

user: Oh, oh, another question please. Could you tell me with what purposes you use a document?

assistant: Well, that would depend on the document presented, but for example we could use your U.S passport as proof of both citizenship and identity.

user: Ok. um, lets say i don't have a document available to present, do i have any options regarding that?

assistant: Yes, you have an option. We may accept some other document, such as a state issued non driver identification card or, in case your child is adopted, a adoption decree.

user: All right. Please, you told me before that i was limited in times i could replce the SSN card, didn't you?

assistant: That's correct. You only can go through replacement process 3 times in a year and up to 10 times in your whole life, so better take good care of that card.