WASHINGTON (AP) — In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will impose tighter identity-proofing measures — which will require millions of recipients and ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- After facing immediate backlash for a plan to require in-person identity checks for millions of Americans to receive their much-needed monthly benefits, the Social Security ...

National News Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will ...

Keep reading to learn more about how the Social Security Administration will now require in-person or online identity checks. Plus, find out what your options are once the policy goes into effect.

Beginning March 31st, people will no longer be able to verify their identity to the SSA over the phone and those who cannot properly verify their identity over the agency’s “my Social Security” online ...