What You Can Do Online

Apply for Social Security retirement or spouse's benefits
Note: If you're an Advocate, Attorney or Third Party Representative, we need additional information from you on the application.

Apply for Social Security disability benefits (includes the Adult Disability Report).
Note: If you're an Advocate, Attorney or Third Party Representative, we need additional information from you on the application.

Begin or continue the Adult Disability and Work History Report.
When you apply for any type of disability benefits, we need information about your medical, work, and education history to help us decide if you are disabled.

Apply for extra help with your Medicare prescription drug costs.

Check the status of your online application.
If you applied online for Social Security Retirement, Spouse's, or Disability benefits you can check the status of your application.

Find out what benefits you can apply for.
Use our screening tool to help identify all the different Social Security programs for which you may be eligible.

Find out if you can get extra help with your Medicare prescription drug costs.

Use our benefit planners to calculate your retirement, disability and survivors benefits. (You can do this any time.)

Request a Social Security Statement
Get your personal earnings report and benefit estimates by mail.
This service is available (Eastern Time):
Weekdays - All Day (except 2 AM - 3 AM),
Saturday 5 AM - 11 PM,
Sunday 8 AM - 10 PM,
Holidays 5 AM - 11 PM.

Change your address or telephone number.

Get a replacement Medicare Card.

Request a Proof of Income letter.
Get a letter that verifies your Social Security benefit information.

Get a Form 1099/1042S -- Social Security Benefit Statement.
Replace the lost, damaged, or missing tax summary of your Social Security benefits for 2007. (not available for SSI).

Choose your password or block electronic access.
If you received a password request code (PRC) letter, you can choose your password.

Get a password when

• You want password access to information about your benefits.
• You lost, forgot, or do not have your password or password request code (PRC).
• Your password request code has expired.

Block online and automated telephone access to your personal information.

Check your information and benefits.
See the contact, direct deposit, Medicare and payment information we have on file for you.

Change your address or telephone number.

Start or change direct deposit.

Change your password or block electronic access to your personal information..