[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR416.325]

[Page 850]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 416_SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR THE AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED
--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C_Filing of Applications
 
Sec.  416.325  When an application is considered filed.

    (a) General rule. We consider an application for SSI benefits filed 
on the day it is received by an employee at any social security office, 
by someone at another Federal or State office designated to receive 
applications for us, or by a person we have authorized to receive 
applications for us.
    (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 the application is received will result in a loss 
of benefits. If the postmark is unreadable or there is no 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.  416.340, 416.345 and 416.350.
    (3) We will establish a ``deemed'' filing date of an application in 
a case of misinformation under the conditions described in Sec.  
416.351. The filing date of the application will be a date determined 
under Sec.  416.351(b).

[45 FR 48120, July 18, 1980, as amended at 51 FR 13493, Apr. 21, 1986; 
59 FR 44926, Aug. 31, 1994]