When dealing with the Social Security Administration (SSA), some beneficiaries may require the assistance of a representative ...

A proposal to ban payments to people without a Social Security number is likely to impact beneficiaries who are retired, disabled, widowed, or low income. “Representative payees” who accept ...

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If the Social Security Administration (SSA) thinks you need assistance with your benefits, it will initiate the process of putting a representative payee in place.

Created under a 2018 law, this feature allows a person to choose one or more individuals to manage the person’s Social Security benefits. The SSA then is required in most cases to work with the ...

If a parent can't produce a Social Security number, no matter where they are in the immigration process, the new proposal would make it impossible for them to act as a representative payee.