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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Those eligible for SSI can begin the application process online ... are rewarded with a higher monthly payout. Other changes to Social Security in 2025 include a smaller cost-of-living ...

Completing a paper application for retirement ... identity verification rules will change further. “Revisions to the Social Security identification process have been fluid and subject to ...

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 ...

But thanks to recent updates, it will now be able to process ... your application or account change. 3. Increasing the clawback rate on overpayments Though rare, the Social Security Administration ...