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For the first time since 2019, the Social Security Administration (SSA) expects to have all of its customer service offices open year-round in 2023. The agency was forced to close its offices in ...
Social Security offices have been closed nationwide since March 2020, but the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that it plans to reopen offices in early April. However, there is ...
During the shutdown, nearly all public service for Social Security has been restricted to online, phone and postal mail. This system worked out fine for many Social Security beneficiaries, but not ...
The first Social Security office opened in Austin, Texas, on October 14, 1936. [10] Social Security taxes were first collected in January 1937, along with the first one-time, lump-sum payments. [8] The first person to receive monthly retirement benefits was Ida May Fuller of Brattleboro, Vermont. Her first check, dated January 31, 1940, was in ...
To begin the process, people wishing to be considered must contact Social Security (there is a toll-free telephone number) to set up a disability interview. No online application for SSI is currently available; however, one may apply for Social Security Disability or Retirement benefits online and add the application for SSI via a telephone ...
Although the original purpose for the number was for the Social Security Administration to track individuals, [1] the Social Security number has become a de facto national identification number for taxation and other purposes. [2] A Social Security number may be obtained by applying on Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Number Card. [3]
If you've moved or changed phone numbers, you may have a list of important contacts to update. If you receive Social Security or Medicare benefits, you'll want to be sure to include the Social...
A government audit revealed that the Social Security Administration had incorrectly listed 23,000 people as dead in a two-year period. These people sometimes faced difficulties in convincing government agencies that they were actually alive; a 2008 story in the Nashville area focused on a woman who was incorrectly flagged as dead in the Social Security computers in 2000 and had difficulties ...