Form SSA-7-F6 (12-2018) UF Page 6 of 6
RECEIPT FOR YOUR CLAIM FOR SOCIAL SECURITY PARENT'S INSURANCE BENEFITS
TELEPHONE NUMBER(S)
TO CALL IF YOU HAVE
A QUESTION OR
SOMETHING TO REPORT
BEFORE YOU RECEIVE A
NOTICE OF AWARD
AREA CODE
AFTER YOU RECEIVE A
NOTICE OF AWARD
AREA CODE
Your application for Social Security benefits has been
received and will be processed as quickly as possible.
You should hear from us within days after you
have given us all the information we requested. Some
claims may take longer if additional information is needed.
In the meantime, if you have a change of address,
or if there is some other change that may affect your claim,
you, or someone for you, should report the change. The
changes to be reported are listed below.
Always give us your claim number when writing or telephoning
about your claim.
If you have any questions about your claim, we will be glad to
help you.
CHANGES TO BE REPORTED AND HOW TO REPORT
FAILURE TO REPORT MAY RESULT IN OVERPAYMENTS THAT MUST BE REPAID, AND IN POSSIBLE MONETARY PENALTIES
• You change your mailing address for checks or residence.
(To avoid delay in receipt of checks you should ALSO file a
regular change of address notice with your post office.)
• Your citizenship or immigration status changes.
• You go outside the U.S.A. for 30 consecutive days or longer.
• Any beneficiary dies or becomes unable to handle benefits.
• Work Changes - On your application you told us you
expect total earnings for to be $ .
You (are) (are not) earning wages of more than $
a month.
You (are) (are not) self-employed rendering
substantial services in a trade or business.
(Report AT ONCE if this work pattern changes.)
• You are confined to jail, prison, penal institution or
correctional facility for more than 30 continuous days for a
conviction of a crime or you are confined for more than 30
continuous days to a public institution by court order in
connection with a crime.
• You have an unsatisfied felony or arrest warrant for
more than 30 continuous days for flight to avoid prosecution
or confinement, escape from custody or flight escape.
• Change of Marital Status - Marriage, divorce, annulment of
marriage. You must report marriage even if you believe that
an exception applies.
• Custody Change - Report if a person for whom you are
filing, or who is in your care dies, leaves your care or
custody, or changes address.
WORK AND EARNINGS
For those under full retirement age, the law requires that a
report of earnings be filed with SSA within 3 months and 15
days after the end of any taxable year in which you earn
more than the annual exempt amount. You may contact SSA
to file a report. Otherwise, SSA will use the earnings
reported by your employer(s) and your self-employment tax
return (if applicable) as the report of earnings required by law
and adjust benefits under the earnings test. It is your
responsibility to ensure that the information you give
concerning your earnings is correct. You must furnish
additional information as needed when your benefit
adjustment is not correct based on the earnings
on your record.
HOW TO REPORT
You can make your reports by telephone, mail, or in person,
whichever you prefer.
If you are awarded benefits, and one or more of the above
change(s) occur, you should report by:
• Calling us TOLL FREE at 1-800-772-1213;
• If you are deaf or hearing impaired, calling us TOLL FREE
at TTY 1-800-325-0778; or
• Calling, visiting or writing your local social security office at
the phone number and address shown on your
claim receipt.
For general information about Social Security, visit our web
site at www.socialsecurity.gov
.
SSA OFFICE DATE CLAIM RECEIVED
CLAIMANT SOCIAL SECURITY CLAIM NUMBER
DECEASED'S NAME (If surname differs from name of claimant)