Welcome to Our Online Retirement/Medicare Application

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WELCOME TO OUR ONLINE APPLICATION FOR RETIREMENT, SPOUSES, AND MEDICARE BENEFITS.

FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE STEPS TO BEGIN.

NUMBER ONE: UNDER THE "GET READY" SECTION ON THE "APPLY FOR BENEFITS" PAGE, MAKE SURE YOU MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY FOR BENEFITS ONLINE AND YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION YOU WILL NEED TO DO SO.

NUMBER TWO: NOW THAT YOU KNOW YOU QUALIFY TO APPLY FOR BENEFITS ONLINE AND YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION YOU WILL NEED TO APPLY, SELECT THE "START A NEW APPLICATION" BUTTON TO GET STARTED.

NUMBER THREE: YOU WILL THEN BE ASKED TO AGREE TO A TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT AND CREATE OR LOG IN TO YOUR PERSONAL "MY SOCIAL SECURITY" ACCOUNT. IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PROCESS YOUR REQUEST, YOU WILL RECEIVE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON HOW TO CONTACT US BY PHONE OR SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT.

NOW YOU CAN COMPLETE THE APPLICATION.

COMPLETING THE APPLICATION SHOULD TAKE BETWEEN 10 AND 30 MINUTES.

WE RECOMMEND YOU COMPLETE AND SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION ALL AT ONCE.

BUT IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, WE'LL GIVE YOU A RE-ENTRY NUMBER THAT YOU CAN USE TO RETURN TO YOUR SAVED APPLICATION AT ANY TIME AND CONTINUE RIGHT WHERE YOU LEFT OFF.

IF YOU LOSE YOUR RE-ENTRY NUMBER, JUST LOG IN TO YOUR "MY SOCIAL SECURITY" ACCOUNT AND GO TO YOUR BENEFIT APPLICATION SECTION TO RETRIEVE IT.

IF YOU WISH TO APPLY FOR BENEFITS IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH, WE WILL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT.

IF YOU'RE FILLING OUT THIS APPLICATION FOR YOURSELF, YOU CAN SIGN AND SUBMIT IT ELECTRONICALLY.

YOU WILL THEN RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION NUMBER TO CHECK THE STATUS OF YOUR CLAIM BY SIGNING IN TO YOUR "MY SOCIAL SECURITY" ACCOUNT.

PLEASE NOTE, IF YOU ARE FILLING OUT THIS APPLICATION FOR SOMEONE ELSE, YOU CANNOT ELECTRONICALLY SIGN THE APPLICATION OR RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION NUMBER.

WE WILL MAIL THE APPLICATION TO THE PERSON CLAIMING BENEFITS.

THEY WILL NEED TO SIGN IT AND RETURN IT TO THEIR LOCAL SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE.

THANK YOU FOR USING OUR ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESS.

SOCIAL SECURITY, SECURING TODAY AND TOMORROW.