Excerpt from: Time Goes By (click for full article)
On 1 March this year – less than two months from now - Social Security benefit checks go completely digital. No more paper checks via snailmail.
This also applies to SSI and Veterans Administration compensation and pension benefits. Here are your new choices:
- Direct bank deposit
- Direct Express Debit MasterCard
So before 1 March, you must make a choice and make arrangements with the Social Security Administration to receive your monthly benefit.
You can call the main Social Security office on a secure line: 800.772.1213 (TTY 800.325.0778) and they will help you do this.
Or, you can fill out this online form [pdf] at the Social Security website, print it and either mail it or take it to your local Social Security office.
A similar assistance service is available through the Treasury Department's GoDirect website, or telephone them at 800.333.1795. (Sorry, I don't have a TTY number for them.)
If you are still receiving paper checks, do this now so there will be no interruption in your monthly benefit.
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