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Social Security Benefit Application
You Can Apply for Social Security Benefit:
Online – Use SSA Social Security Retirement/Medicare Benefit Application to apply for retirement, spouse’s, ex-spouse’s or Medicare benefits.
By phone – Call us at 1-800-772-1213. If you are deaf or hard of hearing, you can call us at TTY 1-800-325-0778.
In person – Visit your local Social Security office. (Call first to make an appointment.)
If you do not live in the U.S. or one of its territories you can also – Contact the nearest U.S. Social Security office, U.S. Embassy or consulate.
Important Reminders before applying for Social Security Benefits:
You must be at least 61 years and 9 months old to apply for retirement benefits.
If you are already age 62, you may be able to start your benefits in the month you apply.
You should apply for benefits no more than four months before the date you want your benefits to start.
Benefits are paid the month after they are due. (If your benefits start in April, you will receive your first benefit payment in May.)
If you are not getting Social Security and you are not ready to retire, you should still use our online retirement benefit application to sign up for just Medicare three months before your 65th birthday. read more
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How can I get a award notice from Social Security Administration
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I may needing to do something at this moment in time to PREPARE for my retirement…
Q) I just turned 65 in October of this year. I am currently working full time and I expect to be working well into 2019 at the least. I have health insurance through my wife as she is younger than I and still working as well. I am just trying to figure out if there… Continue Reading
My wife started collecting ss from her job. If I die before her will she be able to collect any of my Social Security?
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I need the name on my child’s SS card to be changed. What documentation would I need to bring with me?
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Need a Benefits letter
Q) Need a Benefits letter A) According to Social Security Administration You can use a my Social Security online account to: Get your benefit verification letter or (BUDGET LETTER); Check your benefit and payment information and your earnings record; Change your address and phone number; and Start or change direct deposit of your benefit payment. If you… Continue Reading
I’m disabled I receive SSA benefits if my children’s dad is also disabled is my child eligible to receive benefits
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Both of my parents died in 2018. How do I get copies of their final SSA-1099s next January?
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HOW CAN I GET A PRINTOUT OF MY SOCIAL SECURITY REWARDS LETTER
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What paperwork do I need to send to the Social Security office with my W-4V form?
Q) What paperwork do I need to send to the Social Security office with my W-4V form? A) According to the IRS: you may use the W-4V form to ask the payer to withhold federal income tax. Unemployment compensation (including Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) payments), Social security benefits, Social security equivalent Tier 1 railroad retirement benefits,… Continue Reading
Looking to apply for driving licence. What document needed to provide for ineligibility for SSN card?
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How do I get my Medicare costs taken out of my SS check?
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My husband and I gained legal guardianship of our grand kids. Father died, mother incarcerated. How do we get their benefits?
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My sister lost her wallet will she need to get a new Social Security number?
Q) My sister lost her wallet and someone found it but did not return it.she replaced everything but will she need to get a new Social Security number? A) Your sister simply need a new Social Security Card. However if she needs to Obtain a New Social Security Number and Card she will need to provide at… Continue Reading
Is there any way to get a temporary Social Security Number?
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I never received my son social security card. Do I need to apply for a replacement card for him?
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I filled out a W-4V form and would like to know if I can mail it to any social security office.
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I’ll be 66 on 1/27/19; when do I apply to get my benefits? Is Social Security Benefits taxed?
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What paperwork do I need to bring in to start my social security benefits and widows benefits?
Q) What paperwork do I need to bring in order to discuss when to start my social security benefits and widows benefits? A) The Social Security Administration will need to see certain documents in order to pay benefits and help decide how much your benefits you are entitled to. The documents you’ll need will depend… Continue Reading
I am required by my job to complete a 1-9 form. I can no longer us my social card with my driver license
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I need a copy of my SSD hearing ALJ O. Eugene Powell Jr in Columbia.
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how can I get a copy quickly of my social security survivors benefits documents?
Q) how can I get a copy quickly of my social security survivors benefits documents? A) According to the Social Security Administration website – An SSA-1099 is a tax form we mail each year in January to people who receive Social Security benefits. It shows the total amount of benefits you received from Social Security… Continue Reading
My son had surgery and it did not go well, I had to quit my job and care for him. Can I collect social security earlier that 62?
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I was told that when I start working full time I would no longer be eligible for benefits I am working fulltime.
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I have a full time job and I collect social security disability, so I am probably no longer eligible for benefits.
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Can I use just my passport, driver’s license and marriage certificate to change my name?
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My mother passed away Oct 1st of this year and I still haven’t got her Death Cert yet,..
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Q) My mother-in-law, who was a bookkeeper through all her years of working, has early stage dementia, which has robbed her of her ability to prepare her books for tax filing. We are currently trying to help her to file her 2016 files (which were extended), but have been unable to locate her 2016 1099 form… Continue Reading
What documents do I need to apply for social security?
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