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Get Your New Standardized Benefit Verification Letter Online

December 3, 2020 • By

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Last Updated: November 2, 2023

If you receive a Benefit Verification letter, sometimes called a “budget letter,” a “benefits letter,” a “proof of income letter,” or a “proof of award letter,” we have good news for you! A new standardized Benefit Verification letter is now available when you need proof of Social Security benefits, Supplemental Security Income, or Medicare.

In addition to name, date of birth, and the benefits received, the new Benefit Verification letter includes other identifiers to prevent misuse and fraud. This is an added benefit to you as proof of income for loans, housing assistance, mortgage, and other verification purposes.

The same standardized letter is also available if you need proof that you do not receive benefits, or proof that benefits are pending. If you are an individual representative payee, you can use the my Social Security Representative Payee portal to access the same standardized Benefit Verification letter online for your beneficiaries.

This new standardized Benefit Verification letter is another example of our commitment to improve our service to you.

No matter how you request your letter, whether calling our National 800 Number, your local office, the Interactive Voice Response system, or online with your personal my Social Security account, the Benefit Verification letter now contains a seamless look.

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Grace M. Kim, Deputy Commissioner, Operations

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Comments

  1. Bernadette

    I filled out the Extra Help form with my spouses income info and still haven’t heard anything back. My husband hasn’t been finding much work this year with the pandemic and don’t want my benefits taken away. I need to know if I’m getting it next year.

  2. Lawrence T.

    I need a award letter of my income could you please help me

  3. Joan R.

    I personally find it unfair for people who are not digitally or financially able to have the electronics being required in order to obtain confidential information that is ours.Not everyone is financially able to acquire the fancy high tech electronics in order to simply communicate.

  4. angelafranks082@gmail.com

    I got a letter I think someone is ripping me off

  5. frances e.

    theres a web site that says we might be intiled to addition monies from socail security if we apply. is that true or another scam

    • Vonda

      Hi Frances, thanks for checking in with us. Generally, we will only contact you if you have requested a call or have ongoing business with us. Recently, scams—misleading victims into making cash or gift card payments to avoid arrest for Social Security number problems—have skyrocketed. To check on the legitimacy of the information, you can call us at 1-800-772-1213 for assistance or you can call your local Social Security office. Please look for the general inquiry telephone number at the Social Security Office Locator. The number may appear under Show Additional Office Information. Please be aware that our call wait times are longer than normal. We hope this information helps.

  6. Carol N.

    My ssa has been hacked.

    • Vonda

      Hi Carol, thanks for using our blog. Please call your local Social Security office. Look for the general inquiry telephone number at the Social Security Office Locator. The number may appear under Show Additional Office Information. Please be aware that our call wait times are longer than normal. We hope this information helps.

  7. Robert R.

    Just a quick question. Are we to have a pay increase this year?

    • Vonda

      Hi Robert, thanks for using the blog to ask your question. All monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 70 million Americans will increase 1.3 percent in 2021. For more details about the new COLA, visit our Cost-of-Living Adjustment information page.

      • Tenesha W.

        So is me and my son approve for Social Sercuity and when will we get my first check and his first check and trung to see if me and him have approve letter

        • Vonda

          For your security, Tenesha, we do not have access to private information in this venue. We ask that members in our Blog community work with our offices with specific questions. You can call us at 1-800-772-1213 for assistance or you can call your local Social Security office. Please look for the general inquiry telephone number at the Social Security Office Locator. The number may appear under Show Additional Office Information. Please be aware that our call wait times are longer than normal. We hope this information helps.

  8. Onur E.

    My web site : https://duzce.edu.tr/yonetim-bilisim-sistemleri/

  9. Lori C.

    My e-mail has changed and the site will not let me use the new one.

    • Vonda

      Hi Lori, thank you for your question. After you sign in to your my Social Security account, you can update your email address. After inputting your username and password, you will be at the security code screen. If you receive your security code via email only, then indicate that you cannot access the options listed above and need to reset where you receive security codes. We will then send you a letter with a reset code and instructions.

      • angelafranks082@gmail.com

        I got a letter I think someone is ripping me off

  10. Nancy H.

    nancyeh53@hotmail.com I don’t have my password for my ssa how can I find it or change it ?

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