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When you apply for retirement benefits, we will ask you:
- Your name, gender and social security number;
- Your name at birth (if different);
- Your date of birth and place of birth (State or foreign country);
- Whether a public or religious record was made of your birth before
age 5;
- Whether you or anyone else has ever filed for Social Security
benefits, Medicare or Supplemental Security Income on your behalf (if
so, we will also ask for information on whose Social Security record you
applied);
- Whether you have been unable to work because of illnesses, injuries
or conditions at any time within the past 14 months (if "Yes," we will
also ask when you became unable to work)
- Whether you were ever in the active military service before 1968
and, if so, have you ever been eligible to receive a monthly benefit
from a military or Federal civilian agency
- Whether you or your spouse have ever worked for the railroad
industry;
- Whether you have earned social security credits under another
country's social security system;
- Whether you qualified for or expect to receive a pension or annuity
based on your own employment with the Federal government of the United
States or one of its States or local subdivisions;
- Whether you are currently married and, if so, your spouse's name,
date of birth (or age) and social security number (if known).
- The names, dates of birth (or age) and social security numbers (if
known) of any former spouses;
- The dates and places of each of your marriages and, for marriages
that have ended, how and when they ended;
- The names of any unmarried children under 18, 18 -19 and in
secondary school or disabled before age 22;
- The name(s) of your employer(s) and/or information about your
self-employment and the amount of your earnings for this year, last year
and next year;
- Whether you had earnings in all years since 1978;
- Whether we may contact your employers for wage information;
- The month you want your benefits to begin; and
- If you are within 3 months of age 65, whether you want to enroll in
Supplemental Medical Insurance (Part B of Medicare).
Depending on the information you provide, we may need to ask other
questions.
You also should bring along your checkbook or other papers that show your account number at a bank, credit union or other financial institution so you can sign up for Direct Deposit, and avoid worries about lost or stolen checks and mail delays.
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