You are encouraged to call for assistance and ask them what the required forms you will need to collect for the application. Your initial call can be very brief as staff will take your telephone number and call you back to complete your business.
Federal Benefits Unit, Dublin, Ireland, contact information:
You don’t need to travel to Dublin to deliver the forms. The forms required can be presented in person at your local consulate. Your local consulate will certify the forms and send some documents to FBU-Dublin.
Please note that the Consulate does not send FBU-Dublin documents related to first-time Social Security applicants under the age of 12. Parents of these applicants are responsible for sending their certified true copies, along with any Social Security-required forms.
At the U.S. Consulate, Social Security customers are invited to appear, fully prepared, at the Consulate on a Walk-In Day, offered once a month (please check your local US Embassy website for the latest information on walk-in-days).
On a Walk-In Day, a Social Security customer must bring both the original document and a photocopy of each document that requires certification as a true copy, in connection with Social Security service. The Consulate cannot advise on which documents each customer should present. Instead, this is determined by FBU-Dublin.
So, first and most importantly for Dutch, Belgian, and Luxembourg residents: go to the Federal Benefits Unit in Dublin (for all other countries: go to your US Embassy) and make sure you know which forms are required for your application.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to let us know.
While your Social Security application is processed in the U.S., you can already start the filing process.