The agency currently has a backlog of approximately 575,000 applications thanks to a prior policy involved in the application ...

A second amendment came on April 14, when the SSA announced that anyone wishing to apply for Social Security or make account ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has walked back a key element of a recently introduced anti-fraud measure that sparked widespread criticism from senior citizens and advoca ...

Many challenges face the SSA, including more retirees from the Baby Boomer generation, new laws expanding benefit eligibility ...

Big changes are happening with Social ... to receive your first Social Security check after your application is processed. It could be 45 days in some cases. The precise timing of your check ...

Direct deposit changes will now only take one business day to complete. There are new anti-fraud measures in place for ...

SSI recipients will get two checks in May — one on May 1 (the check for May 2025) and a second on May 30 (the check for June). For months when the first of the month falls on a federal holiday or a ...

Beginning April 14, 2025, it will no longer be possible to make account changes or complete new Social Security applications over the phone. You may begin the application process by phone if you ...

you'd have to visit a field office and have someone verify your identity before you could submit your application or process your change. A few weeks later, the SSA amended this to say that those ...