For a person to become a representative payee for a friend or family member, they must complete Form SSA-11—Request to Be Selected as a Payee, typically in person at a Social Security office.

The only time the agency pays people who are in the U.S. without legal status is when they’re a representative payee, one SSA employee previously told Government Executive. Payees are at times ...

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