What does SV mean? Abbreviation for social security number explained

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SV number, SVNR: What the abbreviations on your payroll mean

Every citizen is assigned a social security number in Germany. This is how the German pension insurance succeeds in identifying them.

The employer reports employment with the health insurance company and the pension insurance institution is triggered by the award of the number. You will then receive your personal number.

You can find your number on your social security card consisting of letters and digits. It is composed as follows:

In addition to your social security card, you can also find your number on pay slips. The word “Social security number” is often not advertised at all, instead read abbreviations. You should remember the following synonyms and abbreviations so that you are immediately familiar with when looking at the billing:

The abbreviation “SV number” is mostly used on pay slips. If you want to know what your number is, just look under this abbreviation. You can find them at the social security card at “Insurance number”.

Your social security number is individual and will only be awarded once – even if you change your name or insurance sponsor. If you should lose your social security ID, you can apply for it, like any important document. You do this either through your health insurance, the pension insurance institution or via the website of the German pension insurance. Here you will also find a phone number for questions.

Do not be put off by the many abbreviations and synonyms of the social security number – in the end they all mean the same thing and enter them one and the same number.