FEDERAL BENEFITS UNIT

Social Security Administration

March 2008

• Applications for retirement, disability, wife/husband, child, widow(er) and lump sum benefits
• Requests for Social Security numbers and new or replacement Social Security cards
• Enrollment in direct deposit
• Changes of addresses for correspondence
• Report of death, name change, or missing payment
• Requests for replacement Medicare card
• Representative Payee applications
• Enrollment in Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance)
• Cancellation of Medical Insurance (Part B)
• Complete annual questionnaire [Forms SSA-7161 and SSA-7162]

If you don't receive the form by mail from the SSA, you may visit the Federal Benefits Unit of the Consular Section to complete it or print a copy of the form and bring it to the Federal Benefits Unit or mail it to the following address:

For the SSA-7161		For the SSA-7162
Social Security Administration		Social Security Administration
P.O. Box 7161		P.O. Box 7162
Wilkes Barre, PA  18767-7161		Wilkes Barre, PA   18767-7162

 

 

 

If you bring the form to the Federal Benefits Unit, we will fax a copy of the form to the SSA to help prevent your benefits from being suspended.

How to Contact the Social Security Administration
Telephone number: 1-800-772-1213
Fax: 410-597-1800
Website: www.ssa.gov or http://www.ssa.gov/foreign/index.html

Mailing Address:
Social Security Administration
Office of International Operations
P.O. Box 17775
Baltimore, MD 21235-7775

If you are calling about a claim for social security benefits or other non-claim issue, you will need to look at the last two digits of your social security claim number in order to determine which number to use.

Last Two Digits Are:		Phone Numbers Are:
between 00 and 16		410-965-9418
between 17 and 32		410-965-6517
between 33 and 49		410-965-8064
between 50 and 66		410-965-9398
between 67 and 82		410-965-8036
between 83 and 99		410-965-8037