US Social Security benefits verification letter

It can be done you need your award letter, it must be state of residence noterized. after that you need to find your states department of state to then apostile the document. every process must be in person. the documents must be translated then apostile by the Dominican Republic. hope that helps.

AFAIK it works like this, for the US leg of the process (but don't take my word for it):

• federal government docs are apostilled by the US State Department

• state/local government docs are apostilled by the state (and usually don't need to be notarized)

• business documents are apostilled by the state where the business is located, and these DO need to be notarized first

Because the document I need is federal, it has to be done by the US State Department. They seem pretty strict about having a proper signature (https://travel.state.gov/content/travel … ments.html).

I just don't see how it can possibly be true that the Social Security Administration never gives signed documents (?!) but I've been told it quite emphatically now by two different employees. I'll just keep pulling at loose threads ...

@wondering9

Yes, it's a challenge with SSA.

I had to go to the local office in my state.

Additionally, the Miami SSA office is aware of the state department process/requirement of needing the SSA stamp and signed and the state department only needs the SSA agent first name and last name "intial" with SSA stamp.

You can also contact the SSA regional mgmt I think in GA...good luck