Services Offered Online, On the Phone, Or In the Office

To help you decide, here's what you can do (right now!) or through our 800 number:

Right here online, you can ...

• Apply for Retirement, Disability, or Spouse's Benefits,
• Request a Social Security Statement
• Request a replacement Medicare card
• Request a replacement Social Security Benefit Statement (Form 1099)
• Request a Benefit Verification Letter
• Figure your retirement, disability, or survivors benefits
• Subscribe to eNews, our email newsletter
• Find Social Security forms,
• Find the Social Security office nearest you
• Find Social Security publications
• Find other government websites by going to FirstGov, your link to all government sites

  If you get or recently applied for benefits AND you have a password, you can also ...

• Check your Social Security benefits
• Change your address or telephone number in our records
• Have your Social Security benefits sent directly to your bank or change your direct deposit

Or call our 800 number, 1-800-772-1213, to do anything you could do online, plus ...

• Request a replacement Social Security card
• Correct the name on your Social Security record
• Change the address on your Social Security record
• Have your Social Security benefits sent directly to your bank
• Change your telephone number in our records
• Discuss the rules for getting Social Security benefits
• Ask questions about your check or report a missing check
• Report a death
• Discuss the amount of your overpayment
• Set up a plan for paying your overpayment
• Ask to repay your overpayment in installments
• Ask us to waive your overpayment
• Discuss Representative Payee situations
• Request an appointment at a Social Security office near you
• Get phone numbers for other government agencies

If you need a service that isn't listed here, check the Field Office Locator for the office nearest you.