BENEFITS OF ONLINE SERVICES

Application for benefits should not be so difficult. An online service is now available for those who wanted to apply for benefits such as pensions, disability pensions and spouse benefits.

You can apply for benefits online if you are

• 61 years and 9 months old or older and has plans to begin receiving retirement or spouse, within four months, and

• If you have a disability or illness that is expected to prevent you from working for at least 12 months, or have a serious disease causing death

Applying for benefits online only takes a few steps. On any computer with secure Internet, access to social security agency liaison with comprehensive answers to the questions on the application, and when it is completed, the request.

But before you do this, you will need to get a few things clear.

• Your social security number and birth date

• The figures for direct deposit your monthly benefits deposited to you

• The amount you earned last year and how much they expect to win this year (and next year, if applicable, between September and December)

• For disability claims, information about your illness, injury, and their health conditions,

• Name and address of each employer for the past two years,

• If you were in the army between 1939 and 1968, the beginning and end of each period of active service, and

• Your social status

When used, also ask to take the FF name, Social Security number and birth date on your current spouse, former spouse, and all including marriage and divorce information and names of unmarried children (your children depend on natural, adopted children, stepchildren and possibly of his grandchildren and step grandchildren living with you) under 18 or 18 and still attending high school, or any other child with a disability before 22.

Profit online service has several advantages:

• Saves time and money

• Can be done in the privacy of your home at your own pace

• It costs less to treat

But other applications benefit which will be accessible online, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, child allowances, widow's pension, the amount of lump sums paid on death and application for health insurance.