[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: 20CFR416.350]

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                      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.  416.350  Treating a title II application as an oral inquiry about 
SSI benefits.

    (a) When a person applies for benefits under title II (retirement, 
survivors, or disability benefits) we will explain the requirements for 
receiving SSI benefits and give the person a chance to file an 
application for them if--
    (1) The person is within 2 months of age 65 or older or it looks as 
if the person might qualify as a blind or disabled person, and
    (2) It is not clear that the person's title II benefits would 
prevent him or her from receiving SSI or any State supplementary 
benefits handled by the Social Security Administration.
    (b) If the person applying for title II benefits does not file an 
application for SSI on a prescribed form when SSI is explained to him or 
her, we will treat his or her filing of an application for title II 
benefits as an oral inquiry about SSI, and the date of the title II 
application form may be used to establish the SSI application date if 
the requirements of Sec.  416.345 (d) and (e) are met.

               Deemed Filing Date Based on Misinformation