Asking for a friend social security

The ID.me now has a box you can check that says you live out of the US. However in order to verify your identity you have to produce a lot of stuff. We had everything except for current paperwork that showed our ENTIRE, not just the last 4 numbers, of our social security number. They listed the options, but none of them, at least anymore, show the entire number.

As you said, applying for social security while living here isn't too difficult.