@Rick - yes thanks! Setting up Block Electronic Access is not the same thing as locking one’s SSN on E-Verify. They are two different processes. Mom will be locking down her SSN on E-Verify and your info has been very helpful for that. We will be calling SSA again (together) to determine whether or not she needs to change her paperless settings in her SS online Account to regular snail mail prior to establishing a “Block Electronic Access” to her SS number. Otherwise she may inadvertently not have access to her annual SS statement and COLA statement. And, the block to my understanding does prevent anyone, including the consumer, from accessing their social security record electronically. That means once the block is in place she will not be able to access her online SS account. At least that is what the SS agent advised when Mom called her.