Social security beneficiaries must verify the identity in person to maintain the advantages

Correction: According to the Social Security websiteIf you do not ask for services or do not modify direct deposit information, you do not need to contact Social Security to check your identity. We regret the error.

Some retirees will have to take some additional measures to maintain their advantages.

From April, some social security beneficiaries will have to go through an identity verification process to continue to receive payments.

Here’s what you need to know.

When begins the verification of the identity of social security?

From this month, some recipients of social security can no longer verify their online identity.

As part of the government’s Decision of the Government Ministry to reduce public spending in the Social Security Administration, the new candidates for Social Security and those who make changes must verify their identity in person, regardless of how long they have started to receive services.

What will happen to those who do not check their identity in person?

If these people who receive services do not comply with this verification process, they risk that their monthly payments are permanently suspended or terminated.

Who will the identity verification changes affect?

Changes will mainly affect the elderly, especially those who live in regions far from a social security office.

Will all social security recipients prove their identity?

According to the Social Security website, if you do not ask for services or do not modify direct deposit information, you do not need to contact Social Security to check your identity.

Here is a distribution of the modifications made to the process of verifying the identity of the social security administration: