Social Security Administration

• 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 the International Direct Deposit Program (IDD)
• Changes of addresses for correspondence
• Report of death, name change, or missing payment
• Requests for replacement Medicare card
• Representative Payee applications
• Enrollment in Medicare Parts A and B (Medical and Hospital Insurance)
• Cancellation of Medical Insurance (Part B) Medicare does not cover health services outside the United States.  It is available only in the United States.
• 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.

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
P.O. Box 17769
Baltimore, Maryland 21235-7769
USA

If you receive or are already entitled to Social Security benefits and wish to contact the SSA, use the numbers shown below.  You will need to look at the last two digits of your Social Security claim number in order to determine which number to use.

If you are calling about a pending claim for Social Security benefits or other non-claim issue, call 410-965-0160.