| This important website is one you should have in | | | | you to another page where your search within |
| your favorites for easy access. Since the | | | | that category begins. |
| government is known for an abundance of red | | | | Let's say you chose Retirement. The next page |
| tape and making the plain and simple confusing, it | | | | gives you six different choices:o Plan your |
| is very surprising how clear, simple, and easy to | | | | retiremento Calculate your benefitso Apply for |
| use they've managed in the creation of the Social | | | | retirement benefitso Already receiving retirement |
| Security online portal included on the USA.gov site. | | | | benefitso Retirement benefit publications (en |
| This is the official website of the US Social | | | | Espanol)o Frequently asked questions |
| Security Administration. | | | | Click on one of those options and you'll have |
| This site is filled with conveniences that will benefit | | | | detailed explanations at your fingertips. Amazingly |
| the reader and make navigation throughout the | | | | you'll find SocialSecurity.gov provides easy to |
| site extremely easy. There are an abundance of | | | | understand concepts and directions. You can get |
| extra conveniences including making the print | | | | help very easily if needed. There are some parts |
| larger. A major plus to the many seniors that call | | | | of social security you can apply for online though |
| the US home but have come from other places | | | | not all. For instance you can apply for social |
| will have the option of changing the language from | | | | security disability insurance online quite easily |
| English to Polish, Spanish, Greek, French, Italian, | | | | however, you can't apply for a social security |
| Tagalog, Farsi, Chinese, Armenian, Arabic, | | | | card online. For that you can print out the |
| Vietnamese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, and | | | | application but must mail or go to your local social |
| Haitian-Creole. They'll even provide free interpreter | | | | security office; some major metro areas (New |
| services. | | | | York City, Las Vegas, Orlando, or Phoenix) require |
| On the first page of Social Security.gov you have | | | | you apply in person rather than mailing in the |
| the option of watching a video about the website, | | | | application. |
| which is less than two minutes long. If you choose | | | | By taking an extra few minutes, you can find out |
| not to watch the video then your next step | | | | everything you need to know that will help to get |
| would be to choose the category you'd like | | | | it right the first time, and you save time in the |
| information on. You'll find a blue bar across the top | | | | process. Social Security.gov is an asset you |
| which is divided into categories: Retirement, | | | | definitely want to make use of as you plan your |
| Survivors, Disability, Supplemental Security Income | | | | future. |
| (SSI). Clicking on any of those categories will bring | | | | |