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Chapter 286: Social Security Group (Please Favorite, Subscribe, and Vote for Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 286: Chapter 286: Social Security Group (Please Favorite, Subscribe, and Vote for Monthly Tickets)

"Your Social Security numbers are...?"

"Sorry, if you don’t have a Social Security number, we can’t introduce jobs to you."

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"If you want to work at a factory, you also need a Social Security card number. The factory checks your past credit record, and according to the laws of Dawn City, all employers must purchase social insurance for their employees."

"Is there any work that doesn’t require a Social Security card number? I don’t know about that. We are a legitimate job introduction agency. You can ask at other places, sorry."

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"Sorry... If you don’t have a Social Security card number, the employer can’t confirm the employee’s identity. If there were any issues, our job introduction agency would also be held responsible. You could try asking elsewhere."

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They asked several large job introduction agencies in a row and basically received polite rejections.

Although not all employers are legally required to provide social insurance for their employees, they all want to see employees’ Social Security numbers to make sure they aren’t hiring criminals and to safeguard their interests.

After all, the vast majority of people in the Federation have a Social Security number from birth, and not having one might indicate that something is wrong with a person.

They claim to be Wilderness Wanderers, but that might not necessarily be true.

Of course, through talking with the employees of these job introduction agencies, He Ao also learned that no company dares to hire real Wilderness Wanderers.

The reason is simple, Wilderness Wanderers’ city entry visas generally have an expiration date.

Like the short-term travel visas that He Ao and Penny obtained, they usually only last seven days.

As per Dawn City’s laws, after a travel visa expires, it’s possible to go to the immigration office of the City Defense Army to renew it, and in theory, the renewals could be indefinite.

However, usually, if a Wilderness Wanderer spends twenty-eight days within the city in a month, it’s very likely that the City Defense Army won’t renew their visa, and they might even refuse to issue a new visa for the following few months.

In such cases, the City Defense Army commonly gives the reason as "potential impact on urban security".

Why would it impact urban security? Because Wilderness Wanderers find it hard to land stable jobs in the city, and if they can’t get a job, the City Defense Army has a reason to suspect that Wanderers are involved in illegal activities in the city.

And if they cannot renew their visa upon its expiration, the Wilderness Wanderers would be forced out of the city.

This makes businesses worry about whether they can maintain stable work if they hire Wilderness Wanderers, considering recruitment also involves costs.

Not being able to find stable work means not getting a long-term visa, and not having a long-term visa, in turn, affects their job hunt.

This causes Wilderness Wanderers to have a hard time staying in the city for long periods.

Ronald used to rush into the city only for quick visits, trading pelts and then leaving; all he knew was that visas could be indefinitely renewed, but he was not aware that if you stay too long in the city, the City Defense Army would refuse to issue a new visa.

A luxury sedan whizzed through the streets, the gust it kicked up fluttering Penny’s short hair.

The girl was visibly dismayed, "Is it really that hard to find work in the city? Leader, where do we go next?"

"To the Social Security Group."

He Ao gazed ahead at the imposing Steel Jungle, speaking softly.

The city does not welcome Wilderness Wanderers.

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The two took a taxi to the Social Security Group building.

The Social Security Group building wasn’t tall and looked quite old.

Only the first and second floors serve as public reception halls; the third floor and above are all office spaces.

Nowadays, most Social Security cards are applied for online and distributed by mail.

After a newborn is born, the parents just need to fill out a simple form online and attach a birth certificate from a hospital with a proper business license to apply for a Social Security card for their child.

The Social Security Group verifies the authenticity of the information on the forms, and then sends a brand-new Social Security card to the residential address listed on the application form within a week.

Applications for pensions and retirement, among other services, can also be verified remotely online; basically, people do not have to leave their homes to complete most services.

Therefore, most employees of the Social Security Group are responsible for online services, there are very few windows offering in-person services, and these in-person services are generally used to deal with some complex special cases.

Such as adults applying for new cards.

The hall was not crowded and felt quite spacious.

He Ao took a number and waited for almost half an hour before he sat down at the counter.

"Hello, are you here to apply for a new social security card?"

The staff member, a sweet-voiced young lady with golden curly hair, looked at He Ao with a smile and asked softly.

"Yes."

He Ao nodded gently.

"Please show me your birth certificate and passport," the staff member said tenderly. "If your passport and birth certificate are not from Dawn City, that’s okay too, we can contact your place of birth’s Federation branch to verify the information."

"Is it possible without a birth certificate and passport?"

"If you’ve lost your birth certificate, you can tell me the hospital where you were born and the time of birth, as well as the name you registered at that time. We can also verify that. Similarly, if your passport is lost, you can tell us your passport code, and we can contact the city government to look it up."

"I am a Wilderness Wanderer," He Ao stated calmly.

"Ah?"

The staff member was momentarily startled as if she had never encountered such a situation. Then, after thinking for a moment, she stood up and said softly to He Ao, "Please wait a moment, I need to ask my supervisor."

Then she walked into the back.

A short while later, a trim woman in her forties with a ponytail of black hair and wearing a tidy uniform appeared at the window with the previous staff member.

She gave He Ao an apologetic smile and said, "Sorry, according to the Federation regulation, we cannot issue a social security card to Wilderness Wanderers right now. If you only have a passport without a birth certificate, you can still get a social security card. But without both a passport and a birth certificate, there is no way we can proceed."

He Ao gazed into her eyes and nodded gently, "Okay, thank you."

Then he stood up and walked towards the waiting area.

Penny saw him approaching and hesitantly rose to her feet, "Leader, how did it go?"

He Ao shook his head, "No luck."

Penny paused and sighed softly, "It’s really hard to live in the city."

He Ao didn’t respond, just walked with Penny out of the social security building.

The supervisor’s words had revealed another piece of information, that it was possible to get a social security card with just a passport, even without a birth certificate.

However, obtaining a passport normally required a birth certificate.

After the birth of a newborn, parents take the birth certificate issued by a certified hospital and go to the city hall to apply for a local passport for the child.

The fact that a social security card can be obtained with only a passport implies that, since you have a passport, it proves the city government recognizes you were born here and already validated your birth certificate, so a birth certificate is no longer necessary.

But considering that adults applying for a social security card are required to bring both a birth certificate and passport, it’s clear the social security agency does indeed require a birth certificate.

Therefore, this statement could suggest another interpretation, that someone could bypass "birth" and directly obtain a passport from the city hall.

Such a passport is also recognized by the social security agency.

But even if there truly exists a method to directly obtain a Dawn City passport, this method is not public knowledge, indicating it is likely not easy to achieve.

Although with He Ao’s current C-level capabilities, he might be able to overcome even the highest barriers, his concerns extended beyond himself to the more than a hundred Wilderness Wanderers at the camp, most of whom are ordinary people.

"Leader, where to next?"

Penny followed He Ao out of the social security building, looking toward the sun slanting to the west in the sky.

"Not Christos! Not Christos!"

At that moment, a procession of protesters slowly passed in front of them.

"We don’t want this extremist new Mayor!"

They carried portraits of Christos marked with red crosses and a giant banner proclaiming [Not Christos], densely crowding the street.

He Ao glanced briefly and noticed York, the Wilderness Hunter who had chatted with them the previous night, was also mixed in the crowd.

"Pah," a curse came from behind. He Ao turned around and saw standing behind him a group of young boys and girls. The curse had come from one of them.

Leading this group was a freckled girl who appeared to be around eighteen or nineteen, with a camera hanging around her neck and her hair in a high ponytail.