[nabs-l] Question about SSI

[Joshua Hendrickson]

Hi Sami.  I've never had to go to my Social security office to prove
that I'm blind.  I did have to go once, to straighten out why my
checks had stopped coming as direct deposit instead of via check, but
I've never heard of such a thing.  Maybe the different socical
security laws for SSI differ from state to state.  I'm not sure what
you could do, but I know how frustrating that would be.  I'd call your
social security office and talk to someone about the letter you
received.

On 5/16/16, Sami Osborne via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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 number, 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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