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bgum wrote:
Social Security has teleservice centers located in major population centers from east to west coast.
They have several hundred employees in each location. They take and process applications for benefits and process post entitlement actions. When you call SSA via the toll free number this is who you get.
I got this from someone with 38 years experience with the SSA. Most business can be handed by phone. They will tell you when a in office visit is necessary.
โSep-16-2019 02:11 PM
bgum wrote:From my experience, one of the reasons an office visit will be necessary is if a question of identity theft arises. There was an attempt to file a fraudulent tax return under my social security number. It was caught by the IRS, but now I have to file my taxes with a pin code that is generated yearly. I went to view the status of my social security account and due to that identity theft attempt my account was flagged and I could not use the online service until I went to an office in person and filled out a request for a pin number. Even then, the office couldn't just generate that number, they had to send my signed and witnessed request on to wherever and I got that pin in the mail around 6 weeks later.
Social Security has teleservice centers located in major population centers from east to west coast.
They have several hundred employees in each location. They take and process applications for benefits and process post entitlement actions. When you call SSA via the toll free number this is who you get.
I got this from someone with 38 years experience with the SSA. Most business can be handed by phone. They will tell you when a in office visit is necessary.
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Old-Biscuit wrote:This! They are not trying to be a nuisance, they are trying to prevent fraud. Scammers would rejoice if they could fill out some on line forms and start having Social Security payments and statements flow to accounts and locations they control.
Tell them to GO to the nearest Social Security OFFICE and have a sit down with one of the personel.
That way they can explain they are FTrs, have a legal address and discuss their options....all at one place at same time.
Make sure they bring SS Card, DLs, bank statement with UPS address or any other legal document that shows their UPS address (insurance, investments etc)
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