From: Cecile de Jongh < To: "jeffrey E." <[email protected]>, Jeanne Brennan < Subject: Re: Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 14:51:19 +0000 >, Daphne Wallace Hi Jeffrey, Information on receiving your Social Security benefits. You may apply: • Online at https://secure.ssa.gov/iClaim/rib• or • Calling 1-800-772-1213; or • Visiting the local Social Security office in Nisky Center. You must call ahead to make an appointment. Eligibility: • You must be at least 61 years and 9 months old to apply for retirement benefits. • If you are already age 62, you may be able to start your benefits in the month you apply. • Benefits are paid the month after they are due. (If your benefits start in April, you will receive your first benefit payment in May.) Information needed from you: • Date and place of birth and Social Security number; • Bank or other financial institution's Routing Transit Number and the account number; • Citizenship status; • Whether you or anyone else has ever filed for Social Security benefits, Medicare or Supplemental Security Income on your behalf (if so, they will also ask for information on whose Social Security record you applied); • Whether you have used any other Social Security number; • If you are applying for retirement benefits, the month you want your benefits to begin; and • If you are within 3 months of age 65, whether you want to enroll in Medical Insurance (Part B of Medicare). EFTA01051618