[Blindtlk] Question about SSI

[Jude DaShiell]

It's not bogus at all.  I applied for and got social security retirement 
benefits recently and you can check a box that you want to apply for 
S.S.I. on the application but just below that is a note telling you an 
office visit is required to do the application.

On Mon, 16 May 2016, Judy Jones via blindtlk wrote:

> Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 10:16:30
> From: Judy Jones via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Judy Jones <Judy.Jones at icbvi.idaho.gov>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Question about SSI
> 
> This sounds bogus to me.  I would come back and ask if they had the documentation, after all, it is the documentation that will support your blindness, not you showing up in person.  Plus, there are people who are legally blind, but may not be using a cane or dog, so if officials are going by that, that is a poor representation.  They need to go back to the documentation, not just a personal show up, because this is what all agencies go by, documentation.
>
> Judy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sami Osborne via blindtlk
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 6:16 AM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org; blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Sami Osborne
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Question about SSI
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having a rather frustrating issue with Social Security here in NY, who are providing me my SSI benefits.  A few weeks ago, I received a letter in the mail from Social Security telling me that I need to show up in person at their office because they wanted to prove that I'm actually blind even though I provided them with all the documentation and was approved almost six months ago.  What bothers me is that as I said, they asked me to show up in person at their office.  My mom thought that we could just talk to them on the phone, and she called and spoke with them (I couldn't because I'm at my blindness training center for the week and only go home on weekends).  My mom said that she even spoke with them two or three times.  The first time they said that they would call me personally at home to set up the appointment for showing up in person, but obviously I wouldn't have been able to speak with them since I'm not home during the week.  My mom gave them my cell phone numb
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> , but they haven't called me that way either.  This is a very frustrating issue in my opinion.  I have asked other friends of mine at the training center that I'm at if they had to show up at their Social Security office six months after they were approved for SSI benefits, and they said no.  My mom thinks that it depends on the state, and that the reason they do that is probably because they want to make sure that you're not cheating in getting SSI (by the way, the people at the training center that I'm at come from all over the country).
>
>
> So I'd like to know if you guys have gone through a similar experience, and if so, have you had to show up in person at the office or just talk with them on the phone?
>
> Hope to hear from you soon, and for those of you who just finished with college, I hope you're enjoying the end as your semester!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sami
>
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