Spousal Benefits questions
Me and my wife both applied for social security benefits on the same date Oct 1,2026,My FRA is significantly higher then hers since she has only worked 3 years on the past 30 years and i have worked for 36 straight I thought that if we applied the same day and we both enterd our spouses s/s number and marriage date that the conputer would natch them and calculate the spousal benefits.
We have both received our individual benefit letters but nothing on her spousal benefits. I went to the local office and found out theres a glitch since we filed on the same day and it has closed both our accounts and must be re opened manully by the ssa to link our accounts. I called the national number and they said only the local office could do it and the local office told me i could do it online but it takes me into a endless loop.
Has anyone else had this problem and how did you resolve. I am going to our local office tomorrow and try to have supervisor link the accounts. I am so frustrated. It seems the people at the ssa dont care or dont know or both..
Please help