December 11, 2007

How to Apply for Survivor Benefits from the Social Security

In the United States, a deceased person must have been a worker or employee who has worked for not less than 10 years in order for his or her selected surviving family members could gain social security benefits. It has to be 10 years of employment history and not more or less than since this is the minimum employment period a worker must have in his or her record in order that his or her surviving family may be eligible to earn benefits.
If you are among the surviving family member, let us say the spouse, of a deceased worker, and not sure, if he or she was able to put in adequate time, you can call up or go to the nearest Social Security Administration (SSA) office in your area to look up your spouse’s employment history record.
Aside from you as the spouse, other survivors may be eligible to receive benefits:
- former spouse
- children under the age of 18 years old
- children with disability, even if already over the age of 18
- parents of the deceased over 62 years old who had once been dependent on the deceased
You can inquire more information from the SSA concerning this matter.
The process of applying […]

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