Social Security Allows Electronic Signatures in 90 Percent of Commonly Used Forms

The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced on Sept. 5 that American citizens can now use electronic signatures instead of wet ink signatures on several forms, a move that the agency said will simplify application processes. President Joe Biden signed an executive order in 2021 that asked the agency to implement measures to remove physical signature requirements. Electronic signatures can now be used “for more than 30 forms, which make up 90% of the most commonly used forms by SSA customers in local field offices,” the agency said in a statement. “Collectively, these forms represent about 14 million signed forms submitted annually. Furthermore, also this year, SSA has removed the signature requirement entirely for 13 of its most commonly used forms totaling about 1 million submissions in volume annually.”...