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They remain in the Social Security fund to be paid to other beneficiaries.
Yes if he has worked and paid into social security. Do not wait. Call the social security office in your state and find out. Understand, that you cannot collect your social security and your husbands at the same time. They will explain it to you when you call.
No, you generally cannot receive Social Security benefits before the age of 62, unless you are disabled or a surviving spouse.
The letter A following your Social Security number on documents like Medicare cards indicates you are drawing benefits based on your own earnings, rather than a spouse's or another family member.
If your spouse is eligible for a social security number, you need to contact Social Security to complete Form ss-5(Application for a Social Security Card), which is a Social Security Administration form.If your spouse is a nonresident/resident alien who isn't eligible for a social security card, then your spouse needs to fill out IRS Form W-7 (IRS Application for Individual Taxpayer Identification Number). The IRS then will assign an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) to your spouse. Your spouse's ITIN then is entered in the line for "Spouse's social security number" on your tax return.
No. Your benefits are calculated individually and do not change when your spouse begins receiving his or her benefits.
No. Your spouse can receive them and you can receive them, but you have no right to theirs.
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You can get social security at that age if you are disabled, a disabled widow, the widow of a spouse who was already collecting social security and you are not a worker. You can get social security if you are a child of a deceased parent or your grandparents are on social security and they are your sole source of care.
Your spouse's income is not a factor.
If you are a disabled widow age 50 or older you may be able to receive benefits off your spouse’s (or former spouse’s) Social Security record. If your spouse or former spouse has recently passed away you should notify Social Security as soon as possible. Contact the Social Security Administration at 1-800-772-1213.
Because you are receiving benefits as a survivor under your deceased spouse. So your medicare card would have your deceased spouse's social security number with the addition of one or two alphanumeric characters after it, such as DC, where D stands for deceased. Although it is your spouse's social security number, in the case of medicare, it is not a social security number, but rather, an identifying number.