Port Arthur, TX Social Security Office 8208 9th Ave
Port Arthur, Texas Social Security Office
Social security offices in Port Arthur, TX offer services by the Social Security Administration. Services typically available in local social security offices include:
- Apply for Social Security Retirement Benefits
- Apply for Disability – SSDI, Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Apply for Medicare
- Help With Medicare Prescription Drugs
- Check on Application Status
- Appeal a Decision
- Obtain Forms
- Obtain Publications
- Obtain a Social Security Card
- Request a Replacement Social Security Card
- Replacement Medicare Card
What is Social Security?
In 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act. This new federal legislature started the collecting of taxes in 1937. Since then, working citizens across the United States began paying into social security in order to have a form of guaranteed income once they reached retirement age.
The Social Security Act was initially meant to be a form of basic retirement for working individuals. However, in 1939, an amendment was made to the act that allowed spouses and/or children to begin receiving social security survivor benefits if a parent or spouse was deceased and qualified for social security income.
Who is Eligible For Social Security?
The following people are eligible to receive social security benefits:
A person 62 years of age or older who has met the social security requirement working credits. This occurs by remaining employed for a steady and reasonable amount of time to pay into the social security fund.
A spouse under the age of 62 who has a dependent disabled child living with him or her.
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High school students from the ages of 18 to 19 as long as they are enrolled full time in high school and have an unmarried status.
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Any person with a disability that was legally verified before the person reached 22 years of age.
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A divorced person who is unmarried and who is over 62 years of age may qualify for social security benefits from a previous spouse if they were married for more than a decade.
THE OFFICE IS LOCATED NEAR CENTRAL MALL. FROM MID COUNTY, GO SOUTH ON 9TH AVENUE OFF HWY 365. TRAVEL LESS THAN ONE MILE. OFFICE LOCATED AT 9TH AVENUE AND TURTLE CREEK DR INTERSECTION. OR TRAVELING NORTH ON 9TH AVENUE FROM SOUTH JEFFERSON COUNTY, THE OFFICE IS LOCATED SEVERAL MILES NORTH OF HWY 73 INTERCHANGE ON 9TH AVENUE. OFFICE IS LOCATED AT 9TH AVENUE AND TURTLE CREEK DRIVE INTERSECTION.
Port Arthur, TX Social Security Office
Port Arthur, TX 77642
Office Phone: 1-866-964-1720
TTY: 1-800-325-0778
Website: www.ssa.gov
Longitude: -93.9806995
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PORT ARTHUR, TX Office Hours:
Office Hours Notice: Beginning Wednesday, January 2, 2013, offices close at noon on Wednesdays to the public. You should call this Port Arthur, TX office ahead of time to verify their hours of operations.
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
