New Rule Could Block Your Social Security Benefits: The social security Administration and making significant changes in their policies. Now the authority is starting physical verification procedure to all millions of Americans who were getting social security benefits. The in person identity verification is going to start from 14 April 2025 where all the offices of SSA will a long queue of Seniors, disabled individuals, survivors and Other beneficiaries. According to the reports, this verification procedure will impact millions of Americans and will stop their payment if they did not report to the SSA office for verification. However there are few exemptions to disabled individuals to complete the verification using the mobile phone, but a majority of the beneficiaries have to face a long travel and physical verification to continue their payments.
Social security in person verification starts
Federal government annually verifies the identity of the beneficiaries who are getting the social security benefits from the government. However they automatically conduct the verification from the IRS and Employment records of the individual, but for the financial year of 2025, then verification can be complicated to the millions of Americans as it is conducting in person verification program. It will require to all the beneficiaries to report to their nearest social security administration office to complete the verification. However the authority earlier reported to start the program from 1st April 2025, but now they have extended it till 14 April 2025.
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The social security administration is conducting in person verification. It is important to verify their beneficiaries to stop fraudulent in the program. But the in person verification will also affect eligible beneficiaries too as they will also be required to report their nearest SSA. Social security administration have multiple offices across the country in different states but still they do not have sufficient numbers of offices to cover all the regions. According to the reports, most of the seniors have to travel for more than 45 miles to reach at the SSA office for completing the verification procedure. Apart from this most of the beneficiaries are disabled, aged or do not have a condition to travel for a long duration.
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Pensioners have to travel for approximately 45 miles
Pensioners in USA who are getting their SSI and SSDI benefits have to travel physically to reach at the social security office for approximately 45 miles. Famous cities including California, New York etc have SSA offices very near, But other states such as Alaska , North Dakota and other States have far distance between their home and SSA offices where North Dakota have a distance of total 180 miles accordingly. So beneficiary is living in such difficult locations in the country have to face more struggle to complete their physical verification.
Rural areas will affect most
Many financial Agencies are reporting let the program of in person verification will highly affect people living in rural areas. Such areas do not have proper and fastest mode of travel, so they need to change their travel vehicles for different durations to reach at the destination. While most of the seniors are living in rural areas and spending their rest of the life with peace, so they will need to arrange proper travel facilities to complete their verification by reaching at the nearest social security administration office along with all the original and photocopies of documents.
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Exemption in in-person verification
Seniors and other beneficiaries who are getting monthly benefits regularly in bank accounts directly, were angry with the government decision to reach at the destination to complete verification procedure . After getting higher Request from the activists in the country, the government have revised the program and provided flexibility to disabled individuals who are getting SSDI payments per month. They need to book an appointment with SSA representative and have to complete the verification by using their smartphone where they can ask you to provide your details such as photographs and videography to complete verification.
