Social Security Online: What You Can Do Online

Click on the subject heading or the red arrow to expand or collapse an individual topic

Field Office Locator
Use your ZIP code to locate the closest Social Security Office.
Available Weekdays (except 2 AM - 3 AM)
Saturday 5 AM - 11 PM
Sunday 8 AM - 11:30 PM
Holidays 5 AM - 11 PM

Collapse All | Expand All

Get email updates when this information changes.

Online Services Hours of Operation:
(All times ET)
Weekdays 5 AM - 1 AM
Saturday 5 AM - 11 PM
Sunday 8 AM - 11:30 PM

5 AM - 11 PM on these holidays:
New Years Day
Independence Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day

Hours for all other holidays are: 5 AM - 1 AM

Apply for benefits

You can:

Apply for Social Security retirement or spouse's benefits.
Apply for Social Security disability benefits (includes the Adult Disability Report).
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 your application status.
If you applied for Social Security Retirement, Spouse's, or Disability benefits you can check the status of your application online.
Appeal our recent medical decision about your disability claim or continue the appeal you already started.

Do you qualify for benefits?

You can:

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.

Estimate your future benefits

You can:

Use our Retirement Estimator for a retirement estimate based on real time access to your earnings record.
(The secure log-in requires your name, Social Security number, date & place of birth and mother's maiden name.)
Find your full retirement age
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.
Block online and automated telephone access to your personal information.

If you get benefits...

You can:

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. (Available February 1, 2009)
Replace the lost, damaged, or missing tax summary of your Social Security benefits for 2008. (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.

If you have a password...

You can:

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..

Services for businesses, governments, payees and third parties

You can:

Use Business Services Online to report wages.
Verify Social Security numbers.
Use Government to Government Services Online.
Submit health or school records related to disability claims using Electronic Records Express.
File a Representative Payee Accounting Report. (New!)


	Privacy Policy \| Website Policies & Other Important Information \| Site Map	Need Larger Text?