[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR408.325]

[Page 592]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 408_SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS--Table of 
Contents
 
                      Subpart C_Filing Applications
 
Sec. 408.325  When is your application considered filed?

    (a) General rule. We consider an application for SVB filed on the 
day it is received by an SSA employee at one of our offices, by an SSA 
employee who is authorized to receive it at a place other than one of 
our offices, or by any office of the U.S. Foreign Service or by the 
Veterans Affairs Regional Office in the Philippines.
    (b) Exceptions. (1) When we receive an application that is mailed, 
we will use the date shown by the United States postmark as the filing 
date if using the date we receive it would result in your entitlement to 
additional benefits. If the postmark is unreadable, or there is no 
United States postmark, we will use the date the application is signed 
(if dated) or 5 days before the day we receive the signed application, 
whichever date is later.
    (2) We consider an application to be filed on the date of the filing 
of a written statement or the making of an oral inquiry under the 
conditions in Sec. Sec. 408.340 and 408.345.
    (3) We will establish a deemed filing date of an application in a 
case of misinformation under the conditions described in Sec. 408.351. 
The filing date of the application will be a date determined under Sec. 
408.351(b).