What is a So­zi­a­l­ver­si­che­rungs­num­mer?

The Sozialversicherungsnummer, Versicherungsnummer, Rentenversicherungsnummer or RNVR is the German pension insurance number. The German public pension scheme (the Deutsche Rentenversicherung) uses this number to identify you. You can get this number from your health insurer. The German social insurance number has this format: 12 123456 A 123.1

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Sources and footnotes
  1. Wikipedia