What to Bring
When you apply for benefits, you will need to bring several important documents. If you do not have everything right now, bring what you can.
Examples of what you might need:
- Proof of Income and Resources (bring all that apply to you)
- Current pay stubs or a letter from your employer stating your earnings
- Income tax returns
- Bank or credit union records
- Stock and bond certificates
- Trust fund agreements
- Burial fund records
- Life insurance policies
- Car registration or title
- Current unemployment check
- Social Security benefits statement
- Veterans Administration benefit check
- Proof of Age (bring ONE of the following)
- Driver's license
- Birth certificate
- Hospital certificate of birth
- State issued non-drivers' ID card
- Marriage certificate with date of birth
- US passport
- Immigration or Naturalization certificate
- Medicaid card
- Proof of US Citizenship or Legal Residence (bring ONE of the following)
- Birth certificate
- Hospital certificate of birth
- INS documents
- US passport
- Citizenship papers