Social Security

You can use a my Social Security account to request a replacement Social Security card online if you meet certain requirements.

Sign In or Create an Account

Retirement or Spouse's benefits [Learn More]

• Apply for benefits
• Return to a saved application
• Check your application status using a my Social Security account

Medicare [Learn More]

• Apply for benefits
• Return to a saved application
• Apply for extra help with your Medicare prescription drug costs
• Check your application status using a my Social Security account

Disability [Learn More]

• Apply for benefits
• Return to a saved application
• Check your application status using a my Social Security account

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

If you want to apply for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), please read "How Do I Apply For SSI?"

You can create a my Social Security account with us and view your Social Security Statement online at any time.

• Appeal our recent medical decision
• Continue a medical appeal you already started
• Appeal other decision
• Check your appeal status using a my Social Security account

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. (Available anytime)

• 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. (Available anytime.)
• Use our benefit planners to calculate your retirement, disability and survivors benefits. (Available anytime.)
• You can view your Social Security Statement online by creating an account and signing in with us.
• Block online and automated telephone access to your personal information.

• Create a my Social Security account to:
• Get your benefit verification letter (includes Medicare and SSI);
• Check your information, benefits, and earnings record;
• Change your address and telephone number;
• Start or change your direct deposit; and
• Get a replacement Medicare card; and
• Get a replacement SSA-1099 or SSA-1042S for tax season.
   
• You do not need a my Social Security account to:
  • Select or change the way you receive information from Social Security if you are blind or visually impaired.
  • Block electronic and automated telephone access to your personal information.
  • Apply for extra help with your Medicare prescription drug plan costs

• Create a my Social Security account to:
• Get your benefit verification letter (includes Social Security and Medicare) and
• Check your information, benefits, and earnings record.  
Note: You do not need your old password to create a my Social Security account.
• You do not need a my Social Security account to:
  • Select or change the way you receive information from Social Security if you are blind or visually impaired; and
  • Block electronic and automated telephone access to your personal information.

Even if you don't get benefits, you can use a my Social Security account to get a benefit verification letter if you:

• Need a letter stating that you never received Social Security benefits, SSI, or Medicare;

• Used to get benefits and you need a letter that says when your benefits stopped or how much you received that year; or

• Applied for benefits but have not received an answer yet. 

You may want to block access if you have been a victim of domestic violence or identity theft. [More Information]

• Use Business Services Online to report wages and use our other online services for businesses.
• Verify Social Security numbers.
• Use Government to Government Services Online.
• Submit health or school records related to disability claims using Electronic Records Express.
  Extra Hours: This service is available all day
    Monday (except 1:30 AM - 3:30 AM ET),
    Tuesday - Sunday (except 1:30 AM - 2:30 AM ET)
  Note: The hours of operation do not change on holidays.
• Select or change the way you receive information from Social Security if you are a Representative Payee and you are blind or visually impaired.
• File a Representative Payee Accounting Report.