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You can get your Social Security Statement (Statement) online by using your personal my Social Security account. If you don’t yet have an account, you can easily create one. Your online Statement gives you secure and convenient access to estimates for retirement, disability, and survivors benefits you and your family may be eligible for. It also shows your earnings history.

To set up or use your account to get your Statement, go to Sign In Or Create An Account.

We also mail paper Statements to workers age 60 and older 3 months before their birthday. This is if they don’t receive Social Security benefits and don’t yet have a personal my Social Security account. Workers who don’t want to wait for their scheduled mailing can request their Statement by following these instructions. The Statement will arrive by mail in four to six weeks.

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If you don’t want to wait for your Social Security Statement to be mailed to you, you may sign up to get your Social Security Statement online. You also may be able to estimate your retirement benefit using our online Retirement Estimator.

If you would like to receive your Social Security Statement by mail, please print and complete a "Request For Social Security Statement" (Form SSA-7004) and mail it to the address provided on the form.

You should receive your paper Social Security Statement in the mail in four to six weeks.

If you were unable to create or encountered a problem with your my Social Security account, you may visit a local office or call 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) for help.

December 3, 2020 • By

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If you receive a Benefit Verification letter, sometimes called a “budget letter,” a “benefits letter,” a “proof of income letter,” or a “proof of award letter,” we have good news for you! A new standardized Benefit Verification letter is now available when you need proof of Social Security benefits, Supplemental Security Income, or Medicare.

In addition to name, date of birth, and the benefits received, the new Benefit Verification letter includes other identifiers to prevent misuse and fraud. This is an added benefit to you as proof of income for loans, housing assistance, mortgage, and other verification purposes.

The same standardized letter is also available if you need proof that you do not receive benefits, or proof that benefits are pending. If you are an individual representative payee, you can use the my Social Security Representative Payee portal to access the same standardized Benefit Verification letter online for your beneficiaries.

This new standardized Benefit Verification letter is another example of our commitment to improve our service to you.

No matter how you request your letter, whether calling our National 800 Number, your local office, the Interactive Voice Response system, or online with your personal my Social Security account, the Benefit Verification letter now contains a seamless look.

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The Benefit Verification Letter, sometimes called a "budget letter," a "benefits letter," a "proof of income letter," or a "proof of award letter” serves as proof that you either:

Get Social Security benefits, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Medicare.
Have never received benefits or SSI.
Have applied for benefits.

You can request one online by using your my Social Security account, which will allow you to immediately view, print, and save a copy of the letter. You can call us to request one at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778), Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

If you receive benefits or have a pending application, you can request we mail you an application. We will mail your benefit verification letter within 10 business days, to the address we have on file. Be sure to confirm or update your mailing address in your personal my Social Security account. If you get SSI, you will need to contact us to update the address.

You cannot get a benefit verification letter online for another person, such as a spouse or child, unless the person is a beneficiary for whom you are an active representative payee.

For more information go to the Get your Social Security Benefit Verification Letter online page.