How to Apply For SSI Online
Online applications for Social Security benefits are only available for those applying for Social Security retirement or disability benefits. You cannot apply for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) online. The best that you can do is to get the process started online.
- Go to the Social Security Administration’s website and click on the ‘SSI’ menu button.
- Click on either the ‘Apply for an Adult’ or the ‘Apply for a Child’ button.
- Select the ‘Adult Disability Report’ or ‘Child Disability Report’ link from the page instructions
- Fill out the Adult Disability Report or the Child Disability Report.
- Call your local Social Security office to make an appointment. Sometimes a phone interview will do, but you may also need to go in person. During the interview, the interviewer will ask you all of the questions they need to fill out an SSI application for you.
- Send in any documents you are asked supply, if doing a phone interview. If you have an in-person interview, then you can bring the documents with you.
- Wait for notification of your award or denial. If you are awarded SSI, they will send a paper copy of your application for you to review. This will be several pages long, and they will ask you to review it within a certain amount of time and contact them if anything is incorrect. If you do not contact them within this time frame, then they will assume that you agree with everything in your application.