Introduction

my Social Security is your online gateway to Social Security. It provides interactive and secure access to many Social Security online services. Creating an account gives you the control to check your Social Security Statement, change your address, verify your reported earnings, estimate your future benefits, and much more.

A growing number of forms are now available online and no longer require wet signatures, making it easier and quicker to get necessary forms to us using your account. We encourage you to submit necessary forms online.

Many of our notices are now available online. You can choose to get available notices online instead of by mail and can choose to receive email or text alerts when you have a notice available. Getting available notices online means not needing to wait for it to arrive in the mail or the notice getting lost or misplaced.

Many online services can now be accessed overseas with an ID.me account. Please visit www.ssa.gov/foreign for more information.

If You Do Not Receive Benefits, You Can:

• View retirement benefit estimates at different ages or dates when you want to start receiving benefits.
• View possible spouse's benefits.
• Request a replacement Social Security card if you meet certain requirements.
• Check the status of your benefit application or appeal.
• Get a letter proving you don't receive benefits.
• Get your Social Security Statement, to:
• View estimates of your future benefits;
• Verify your earnings; and
• View the estimated Social Security and Medicare taxes you've paid.

If You Receive Benefits or Have Medicare, You Can:

• Request a replacement Social Security card if you meet certain requirements.
• Report your wages if you work and receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and/or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments.
• Receive notices online, including your cost-of-living Adjustment (COLA) notice, sooner than you would receive them in the mail.
• Get your benefit verification letter.
• Check your benefit and payment information.
• Change your address and phone number (Social Security beneficiaries only).
• Start or change direct deposit of your benefit payment (Social Security beneficiaries only).
• Request a replacement Medicare card.
• Get a replacement SSA-1099 or SSA-1042S for any of the past six years in which benefits were paid.
• Complete some forms online, including the Medical Continuing Disability Review Report (SSA-454) without having to mail them to us.

If You Are a Representative Payee, You Can:

• Use the Representative Payee Portal to conduct your own business or manage direct deposits, wage reporting, and annual reporting for your beneficiaries.
• Complete and submit Representative Payee Accounting Reports.
• See the status of any completed Representative Payee Accounting Report.
• Receive a receipt for any report you submit.