{"id":13251,"date":"2022-06-29T17:24:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/?p=13251"},"modified":"2022-06-29T17:24:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:24:25","slug":"how-to-get-help-from-the-social-security-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/how-to-get-help-from-the-social-security-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get help from the Social Security agency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Local Social Security offices continue to offer more in-person appointments and help people without an appointment. \u00a0As in-person service is expanded,\u00a0agents strongly encourage you to continue to go online, call them for help, and schedule appointments in advance.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ssa.gov%2Fonlineservices%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cmasonan%40ci.newark.nj.us%7C09893de32d4245f7e1df08da59f3aa79%7C24883a20af7b4ead9b4c900a20da8933%7C0%7C0%7C637921200316029532%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=d55OsW62%2FG5P9d9t03egtFp8lNfwAX%2FW6gzRqweO8fw%3D&amp;reserved=0\">online services<\/a>\u00a0allow individuals to apply for retirement, disability, and Medicare benefits online, check the status of an application or appeal, request a replacement Social Security card (in most areas), print a benefit verification letter, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who can\u2019t complete their business online can call toll-free at\u00a0<strong>1?800?772?1213\u00a0<\/strong>between 8:00 am and 7:00 pm local time to speak to a representative. For quicker access to a representative, try calling early in the day (between 8 am and 10 am local time) or later in the afternoon (between 4 pm and 7 pm local time). \u00a0We are less busy later in the week (Wednesday to Friday) and later in the month. \u00a0We also offer many automated telephone services 24 hours a day, that can be accessed without speaking to a representative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While in-person appointments are not required, they are\u00a0<strong><em>strongly recommended<\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0An appointment reduces wait time and ensures that individuals know which documents to bring, so their request can be resolved in a single visit. \u00a0Offices tend to be less busy later in the day, later in the week, and later in the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about scheduling an appointment and about the safety measures and restrictions at offices, please visit the webpage <a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ssa.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2Fgethelp%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cmasonan%40ci.newark.nj.us%7C09893de32d4245f7e1df08da59f3aa79%7C24883a20af7b4ead9b4c900a20da8933%7C0%7C0%7C637921200316185766%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=OIZ6HepVHCwCbquLDzXNcLe98yBt688wjVvsNBefR9E%3D&amp;reserved=0\">How to Get Help from Social Security<\/a> before planning your visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please share this information with your family members and friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to get help from the Social Security agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":13252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[979,1,5,969],"tags":[2885,1349],"class_list":["post-13251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advocacy","category-all","category-government-trade","category-howto","tag-government-services","tag-social-security"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13253,"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13251\/revisions\/13253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}