****IMPORTANT: Social Security offices are offering more in-person appointments and have resumed in-person services for people without an appointment.
To avoid waiting in line, they strongly encourage people to use the online services at https://www.ssa.gov/onlineservices or call them to schedule
appointments in advance rather than walking in without an appointment.
The Buffalo Social Security Office determines eligibility and pays benefits to those entitled to survivor benefits. Determines eligibility and pays benefits to the entitled legally blind. Determines eligibility and pays retirement benefits to those entitled aged 62 and older.Buffalo Office Hours
Monday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Thursday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
Except on Federal Holidays
Top Online Services on SSA.gov
You can go online at: https://www.ssa.gov for the following services. You can take care of these things without making an appointment at your local office.
Apply for Benefits
- Apply for Retirement Benefits
- Apply for Disability Benefits
- Apply for Medicare Benefits
- Appeal a Decision
Check Your Account Information
- View Your Latest SS Statement
- Review Your Earnings History
- Estimate Your Retirement Benefits
- Check Your Application Status
Updates To Your Account
- Change Your Address
- Direct Deposit Setup and Changes
- Print Proof of Benefits
- Print Out Your 1099 Form
SSI makes monthly payments to people who have low income and few resources and are:
Age 65 or older;
Blind; or
Disabled.
If you are applying for SSI, you can complete a large part of your application by visiting our website at www.socialsecurity.gov. You also can call us toll-free at (855) 881-0213 to ask for an appointment with a Social Security representative.
Parents or guardians usually can apply for blind or disabled children under age 18. In some cases, other third parties can apply for children.
You should bring certain items when you apply. Even if you do not have all of the things listed below, apply anyway. The people in the Social Security office can help you get whatever is needed.
Please bring:
- Your Social Security card or a record of your Social Security number;
- Your birth certificate or other proof of your age;
- Information about the home where you live, such as your mortgage or your lease and landlord's name;
- Payroll slips, bank books, insurance policies, burial fund records and other information about your income and the things you own;
- The names, addresses and telephone numbers of doctors, hospitals and clinics that you have been to, if you are applying for SSI because you are disabled or blind;
- Proof of U.S. citizenship or eligible noncitizen status; and
- Your checkbook or other papers that show your bank, credit union or savings and loan account number. If you are approved for SSI, you must receive your
payments electronically. Payments may be made via direct deposit, the Direct Express® card program or an Electronic Transfer Account. For more information, visit www.GoDirect.org.
How to apply online?
Visit www.socialsecurity.gov and select 'Apply online for disabilitybenefits.'
Fill out the Disability Benefit Application
Answer the questions on the Adult Disability Report
Mail or take the documents to this Social Security office.
The online forms are available to you seven days a week during the following hours (Eastern time):
Monday-Friday: 5 a.m. until 1 a.m.
Saturday: 5 a.m. until 11 p.m.
Sunday: 8 a.m. until 11:30 p.m.
Holidays: 5 a.m. until 11 p.m.
Opening Up a MySocialSecurity Account
If you paid in to Social Security or are looking for benefits, you will need to open a 'my Social Security' account. This is an online account directly from the Social Security Administration that lets you keep track of and manage your SSA benefits, and allows you to make changes to your Social Security record.
My Social Security Account
Getting a Social Security Card OR Replacing A Social Security Card OR Correcting A Social Security Card
1. Learn what documents you'll need to get an original, replacement, or corrected Social Security card, whether it's for a child or adult, U.S. citizen or noncitizen.
Documents List.
2. Read the instructions for and fill out an application for a new, replacement, or corrected card.
Social Security Forms
3. Social Security cards aren't processed online. Print your application and find out where to take it in person or mail it.
Missing Social Security Checks or Payments
Contact the agency. The paying agency will provide you instructions on how to file a claim
File the claim with the paying agency. (800) 772-1213.
Supplemental Security Income
Pays benefits based on financial need.
Social Security Disability
Public social insurance programs that replace income lost because of a physical or mental impairment severe enough to prevent a previously employed person from working. Monthly cash benefits are paid to the eligible individual with a disability and his or her eligible dependents throughout the period of disability.
SSI
SSI benefits also are payable to people 65 and older without disabilities who meet the financial limits. People who have worked long enough may also be able to receive Social Security disability or retirement benefits as well as SSI.
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I have a critical issue regarding my medicare application to start coverage and cannot reach the Buffalo office. For days I try all day long and they do not answer or the line is disconnected after waiting for an hour or more. My broker who is helping me cannot reach them after many attempts as well
I'm waiting for my social security card for three months. I need to get an appointment with social security office.
Can I set up an appointment at the local office to get a replacement card for my 15 year old son?
I am still working age 61 I will be 62 in July, my wife will be 62 in august. Can she collect on my ss even though I am not collecting and still working
Replacement card, can I come in to fill out papers?
This office makes things so difficult. My daughter is disabled and on SSI. I tried to get a replacement Social security card I called , they said I had to go online. I went online they want Picture ID for her. She just turned 16, school is Virtual so she has no school ID, they want me to mail in her original birth certificate? That's crazy, I ask to get an appointment to come in and bring all info was told no. So how can I get a card without sending in the only important documents I have and waiting a month to get it back?
I have to fly into buffalo to obtain my birth certificate as well as social security card of which I was not able to get from giving all of my information online as well as emailing in to get a replacement. I paid over a hundred dollars for Social security to NOT send me my own copy. I need to make an apt ASAP in the buffalo office the first week in December.
I have a question, I will be over amount allowed, I know it gets fixed with every 2$ over 1$ is taken out..so half the amount I went over. Is that amount taken all at once with each check or partial each month?
I send my driving lic to you guys to get my SSN card I got my SSN card but not my driving lic it's been over a month I can't go do anything with out my I'd.
I would like to get my replacement card.
I need a form so i can have money taken out of my social security.
i would like to get a replacement card
I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO ACCESS MY ONLINE ACCOUNT several times (at least 5 times). IT SAYS THAT THE INFORMATION THAT I AM SUBMITTING IS INCORRECT. I HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO ACCESS IT BUT HOW CAN I DO IT IF I CANNOT ACCESS THE ACCOUNT? I AM TRYING TO FILL OUT THE INFORMATION NEEDED FOR MY SOCIAL SECURITY PENSION AS A RETIREE. I AM RETIRING ON JANUARY 3, 2020. WHEN I CALLED TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, I WAS GIVEN ONE FOR JANUARY 31, 2020. AS MENTIONED, I HAVE MADE AN EFFORT TO ADVANCE THE PROCESS WITHOUT AVAIL. WHAT SHOULD I DO , THEN?
Please help! I am a still working , retired nys RN! I will turn 65 in November!. I currently have my New York State health insurance which is $49./ month. Medicare just sent me a bill today for a bill for $405.50 due in 11 days!!!! I have made arrangements with IHA and will be billed by them my question is why am I paying so much!!! What have I paid for these last 40 yrs with my Medicare tax?? I do not have that $ in 11 days!!!
The phone number when I call 1-800-772-1213 tells me that this call cannot go through because it is not in my area. I am from Canada and want to find out when my husband payed into social security for 20 years and I have been married to him for 17 years and now he has passed away my question is am I entitled to any survival benefits.
Unable to contact a human in your office. The phone number only rattles of prerecorded message. No email address either. No local office in Amherst. How do I talk to anyone in the Buffalo office.
After numerous calls and talking to 5 different people and after waiting an 1 hour and a1/2then being disconnected without a call back I still cannot get a straight answer on my reinstatement this has been going on since April I did what you told me to do now your saying it’s wrong I am looking for someone who knows what they are doing Next step is channel four to let them know how dissfunctional this office is
Just want to mention I can not find the hours the office is open. Also, is there a mail slot for off hours?