Can I use my green card to verify my DOB if I don't have a birth certificate to correct my records with the ss office

You should probably use the evidence that established the date on the green card. SSA generally wants something other than evidence used to...

Is It Harder To Win Disability Cases If Patients Have Gov't Instead of Private Doctors?

Is it harder to get good treatment, diagnoses, and advice from government doctors as opposed to those in private practice? All else being equal,...

Should I appeal the Social Security decision.

File your appeal immediately. Then find a lawyer. It takes far less time to file the appeal than it does to find competent counsel. Waiting to...

Is money received from a relative’s life insurance policy need to be reported as income for purposes of Medi-cal?

Yes. Any time an SSI/Medicaid/Medi-Cal recipient receives income or resources, that person should report that receipt to SSA and/or the state...

Can i still get my check if...

SSA says that you have to be unmarried to receive survivor benefits. http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10084.html.

Social Security

If you are receiving survivor benefits and are no longer a dependent (because you married someone), you will no longer qualify. SSA says that only...

I owe a lawyer and I`m on Social Security Disability. Can I be garnished?

But if you owe the lawyer for work done on your Social Security case, then the lawyer can get SSA to declare an overpayment and take the money from...

If an injured employee gets a worker's comp settlement, how will that affect his social security disability future payments?

The answer depends on your best year of earnings in the 5 years before the start of disability (or the best running 5 year average during your work...

Can I Sue My Father For Taking My Social Secrity Checks?

Survivor benefits are for the benefit of the survivor. If you believe that your father did not use the survivor benefits for you but took them for...

You should address this question to a lawyer specializing in Immigration Law.