Advocates, Attorneys & Third Party Representatives

If you are an Advocate, Attorney or Third Party Representative and you are helping someone prepare an Internet Social Security Benefit Application and/or an Internet Disability Report, you must:

• Not list your address as the mailing address for the applicant. (List the mailing address of the person who’s filing for benefits as the primary address in the application.)

• In the Summary/Remarks section at the end of the application, provide your:
  • name
  • agency name
  • complete mailing address, and
  • phone number.
     
• Along with the applicant, complete and sign Form SSA-1696 (Appointment of Representative), if you are the official representative of the person filing for benefits. Then, in the Summary/Remarks section of the Internet Social Security Benefit Application and/or Internet Disability Report, add:

  "A form SSA-1696, Appointment of Representative, is being forwarded to SSA on     (date)     ."  

Additional information about acting as a representative for a claimant can be found on our Attorneys & Representatives web page.