---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.716"
title: "20"
number: "404.716"
heading: "Type of evidence of age to be given."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.716"
---

# §404.716. Type of evidence of age to be given.

- (a) **Preferred evidence.** The best evidence of your age, if you can obtain it, is either: a birth certificate or hospital birth record recorded before age 5; or a religious record which shows your date of birth and was recorded before age 5.
- (b) **Other evidence of age.** If you cannot obtain the preferred evidence of your age, you will be asked for other convincing evidence that shows your date of birth or age at a certain time such as: an original family bible or family record; school records; census records; a statement signed by the physician or midwife who was present at your birth; insurance policies; a marriage record; a passport; an employment record; a delayed birth certificate, your child's birth certificate; or an immigration or naturalization record.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 405(a), 902(a)(5), and 1320e-3.