https://dmv.ri.gov/licenses-permits-ids/drivers-licenses/out-statecountry-transfers

https://dmv.ri.gov/media/391/download?language=en

"PROOF OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER: PROVIDE YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ON THE LI-1 OR CDL-1 FORM OR A LETTER ISSUED BY THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION STATING THAT THE APPLICANT IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER"

Show me where it says paper card on the official list of stuff on the website or on the form itself? Your link doesnt even say paper card, it says proof of, which is the same language used in what I linked with less context.