Ways to Create a Personal my Social Security Account
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Dear Colleague,
Did you know your clients usually do not need to know their financial history to create a my Social Security account? To create an account or sign in to my Social Security, your clients have the option to access their information with a new or existing Login.gov account or with a new or existing ID.me account.
To create a Login.gov account, your clients will need to provide their:
- Email address.
- Password (create one).
- Second factor authentication method (such as receiving a code via text message to their mobile phone number).
To access my Social Security with a Login.gov account for the first time, your clients will need to provide their:
- Full name.
- Social Security Number.
- Home address.
- Date of birth.
- Phone number.
To create an ID.me account, your clients will need to provide their:
- Email address.
- Password (create one).
- Second factor authentication method (such as receiving a code via text to their mobile phone number).
- Driver's license, state-issued ID, passport, or passport card.
- Most recent home address.
- Birth date.
- Social Security Number.
- Selfie.
- Phone number.
Both options are simple and secure. Please share this infographic, How to create a my Social Security, with your clients and colleagues.
Sincerely,
Dawn Bystry
Deputy Associate Commissioner
Office of Strategic and Digital Communications
@SSAOutreach
oea.net.post@ssa.gov