CFR > Title 20 - Employees' Benefits > CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION > PART 404—FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950-) > SUBPART G—Filing of Applications and Other Forms (§404.601 to §404.641) > 404.610—What makes an application a claim for benefits?

404.610—What makes an application a claim for benefits?

We will consider your application a claim for benefits if it generally meets all of the following conditions:
(a) You must file on a prescribed form, as stated in § 404.611. See § 422.505(a) of this chapter for the types of prescribed applications you can file.
(b) You must complete and file the application with us as stated in § 404.611 and § 404.614.
(c) You, or someone described in § 404.612 who may sign an application for you, must sign the application.
(d) You must be alive at the time you file (unless one of the limited exceptions in § 404.615 applies).

Code of Federal Regulations

[69 FR 498, Jan. 6, 2004]