Community Chat

[Duckncover]

Based on a friends experience, they go by the date you applied....so 62 and 2 months...but the amount at 62 and 5 months won't be a huge difference. You probably need to schedule an appt to go see someone in person there. I had to do that and the person was very knowledgeable and had lots of experience at the SSA. It was well worth the hassle of driving there, but I don't know if Covid regulations have changed how they do appointments now.

[Hoovermom]

If you can get an appointment I would suggest you do so.  If I hadn't gone into their offices, my claim would have had several delays as part of my name was misspelled and a valid date was incorrect.   How this happened I have no idea but they told me it was beneficial for the expediency of my money being sent to me.  Best of luck.

[bells4me]

You get it the month after you turn 62.  You can collect early at 62 and checks are paid for the previous month.

[patbz]

Time to contact the field office of her congress person; they should be able to quickly straighten this out.

[CalminHeart]

Have you set up a "My Social Security" account on SSA.gov? If not, do that as almost all the info you need is there.