Why must I enter my mailing address on a Social Security Statement request; doesn't Social Security have that information?
No. Social Security keeps address information only on people who are receiving benefits or who are entitled to Medicare. Therefore, you must enter address information so Social Security can mail a completed Statement to you. Every year, Social Security automatically mails a Social Security Statement to workers who are age 25 or older and not receiving benefits on their own record. Social Security obtains your current address from the Internal Revenue and Social Security destroys that information soon after your Statement is mailed to you.