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How do I claim my divorced spouse's Social Security?

Form SSA-2 | Information You Need to Apply for Spouse's or Divorced Spouse's Benefits. You can apply: Online, if you are within 3 months of age 62 or older, or. By calling our national toll-free service at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) or visiting your local Social Security office.

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You can apply:

Online, if you are within 3 months of age 62 or older, or By calling our national toll-free service at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) or visiting your local Social Security office. An appointment is not required, but if you call ahead and schedule one, it may reduce the time you spend waiting to apply.

You can help by being ready to:

Provide any needed documents; and

Answer the questions listed below.

Documents you may need to provide

We may ask you to provide documents to show that you are eligible, such as:

Birth certificate or other proof of birth;

Proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful alien status if you were not born in the United States [ ];

U.S. military discharge paper(s) if you had military service before 1968;

W-2 forms(s) and/or self-employment tax returns for last year.

Final divorce decree, if applying as a divorced spouse; and

Marriage certificate.

Important We accept photocopies of W-2 forms, self-employment tax returns or medical documents, but we must see the original of most other documents, such as your birth certificate. (We will return them to you.) Do not delay applying for benefits because you do not have all the documents. We will help you get them.

What we will ask you

Your name, gender and Social Security number;

Your name at birth (if different);

Your date of birth and place of birth (State or foreign country);

Whether a public or religious record was made of your birth before age 5;

Your citizenship status;

Whether you or anyone else has ever filed for Social Security benefits, Medicare or Supplemental Security Income on your behalf (if so, we will also ask for information on whose Social Security record you applied);

Whether you have used any other Social Security number;

Whether you became unable to work because of illnesses, injuries or conditions at any time within the past 14 months. If "Yes," we will also ask the date you became unable to work; Whether you were ever in the active military service before 1968 and, if so, the dates of service and whether you have ever been eligible to receive a monthly benefit from a military or Federal civilian agency;

Whether you or your spouse have ever worked for the railroad industry;

Whether you have earned Social Security credits under another country's social security system; Whether you qualified for or expect to receive a pension or annuity based on your own employment with the Federal government of the United States or one of its States or local subdivisions; Whether you are currently married and, if so, your spouse's name, date of birth (or age) and Social Security number (if known). The names, dates of birth (or age) and Social Security numbers (if known) of any former spouses; The dates and places of each of your marriages and, for marriages that have ended, how and when they ended; The names of any unmarried children under age 18, age 18-19 and in elementary or secondary school, or disabled before age 22; The name(s) of your employer(s) and/or information about your self-employment and the amount of your earnings for this year, last year and next year;

Whether we may contact your employers for wage information;

The month you want your benefits to begin; and

If you are within 3 months of age 65, whether you want to enroll in Medical Insurance (Part B of Medicare). Depending on the information you provide, we may need to ask other questions.

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Synonyms

bossy adjective someone who is bossy keeps telling other people what to do, in a way that annoys them dictatorial adjective telling people what to do and refusing to listen to their opinions interfering adjective deliberately involving yourself in other people’s lives and trying to influence the way that they behave, although you have no right to do this overbearing adjective an overbearing person always tries to control other people’s behaviour and ignores their opinions and feelings

domineering adjective trying to control other people and make them obey you

autocratic adjective telling people what to do without caring what they think

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