Over the years our data changes. We move, we change phones, our marital status changes... And believe it or not, all of this influences, and a lot, for Social Security, which needs to have well-updated data. Now, do you know how to change data in Social Security?
Next we are going to give you the keys so that you understand what you must do to change the data you need in Social Security. You will see that it is very easy and the process can be done in several ways.
Why should the data be updated in the Social Security
Imagine that you have a job and you have been registered with Social Security. You put an address but, 3 months later, you have moved. Therefore, your address has changed.
Social Security needs to have this information updated to be able to send you documents that may be important. Otherwise, you would not receive them and you could fall into sanctions that you do not know you have just for the fact of not having changed that data.
Social Security itself uses the address to send official notifications by letter. But he also uses his mobile and even email.
How to change data in Social Security
Now that you know the reason why you should keep your Social Security data updated, it is important that you know how to do it.
Changing data in Social Security is not difficult. Before, you only had one option, which was to go in person to the Social Security offices to be able to change them. But now there are more methods. We explain all of them:
Change Social Security data online
It is necessary to differentiate about the change of data with a digital certificate (it can also be with an electronic ID or cl@ve); and the one that is done without a certificate.
In both cases, the first thing you should do is enter the official Social Security website and there you should go to Electronic Office. Look for the Citizens section. And there, go to the link that puts affiliation and registration.
Two sections will appear right there: change of address and telephone and email communication. That is, you will have two options: on the one hand, to change your address; on the other, change or add the phone and email.
When you have that certificate (electronic DNI or cl@ve), after entering the Social Security website and entering the change you want (for example, the address), you will have to decide if you are going to enter by certificate to username and password of cl@ve. In both cases you will have to enter the data to be able to access the form where you have the address that Social Security has for you and then the possibility of indicating a new one.
You have to complete the data, check it and confirm the changes. In this way, the address will have been changed correctly.
The same goes for email and phone number.
Now, what if you don't have a certificate? If you have noticed, the option without a certificate is not active in this procedure, that is, you cannot change it without it. But there are some tricks that will allow you to do it. We tell you:
Through written submissions
In the Electronic Office of the Social Security there is a section that is for "Presentation of other writings, applications and communications" where you can fill out a form without the need for the certificate (it would be the TA-1 model).
If you fill it out requesting a change of address (or any other personal data that affects Social Security) you can put it here and you will only have to send it and wait for a response.
Through the change by mobile SMS
To carry out this procedure it is necessary that you make sure that the Social Security does have your mobile well updated. And it is that, through this, you could also change data in Social Security.
As? The first thing is to go to the personal area of Social Security. We leave you the link https://portal.seg-social.gob.es/wps/portal/importass/importass?_ga=2.71917139.197586900.1623910609-91766799.1611305775.
Once you enter, you will see that there is a link that says "Personal data". Click there and then on the blue button that says “Access personal data”.
Since you do not have certificates or keys, in Other ways to access choose "Via SMS". You will get another screen in which you must include your ID, date of birth and your mobile number (which matches the one with Social Security). Once you do, you will receive an SMS with a code that you will have to enter on the following Social Security page to be able to modify the personal data that Social Security has.
Actually, you can modify the landline, mobile, email and address.
Modify data by phone
Another way to change data in Social Security is over the phone. That's right, Social Security has two telephones to be able to call and modify the data. Are:
- 901 50 20 50
- 91 541 02 91
You can call from Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 19 p.m. When you do, the first thing you'll be asked to do is enter the first two numbers of your zip code. Next, choose option 3, about general information, and so you can talk to a person who you can ask to change the data they have in Social Security.
Of course, it is not easy to be answered by phone, so you will have to insist or opt for other options.
Change data in the Social Security face-to-face
Finally, the option that remains for us to tell you is to go to Social Security in person.
For this you will have to make an appointment where you are interested in going and be there at that time so that they can attend you.
It is perhaps the most complicated due to the fact of having to make an appointment (and sometimes they don't give it to you soon) and also having to drop everything to go to it.
We do not recommend that you go there without an appointment since you may not be served. In addition, it would be convenient for you to bring some documents that certify these data changes, especially since that way they will be able to verify them.
As you can see, changing data in Social Security is easy. Have you ever had to?