INS arbitrarily assigns January 1 as the month and day of birth to a person who knows
only his/her year of birth. In this situation, SSA's DB determination should disregard
such a month/day indication.
SSA will use only the year of birth shown in INS records unless both of the following conditions are met:
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January 1 is shown to be the refugee's month and day of birth on either the current
SSA application or at least one other record, and
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The claimant provides an explanation (which must be documented on an RC or signed
statement) that shows he/she has some reasonable basis for using January 1 (i.e.,
a reason other than it is the date which INS assigned to him/her).
If only the year of birth is being established based on the INS record, use the instructions
in GN 00302.480D. to establish the month and day.