Need to update to login.gov

[XanaDUer2]

Is it easy?.do i have to upload files and pictures? I totally forgot about it. Anyone here in the know whos done it?

[Abnredleg]

1. It was very simple

Just watch this video.

[XanaDUer2]

2. Thanks

[XanaDUer2]

3. So I'm clear

I do it thru ssa account

[getagrip_already]

4. Yes, it only took me a few minutes...

I already had a login.gov account so all i needed to do was link it my ss.gov account. I also have my tsa login linked, and my nmfs permit account linked.

Pretty painless.

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. But there is a problem, I already had an ID.me account

So it would not let me login to Social Security with my login.gov which I also had, and as a result when I use ID me it will not let me see my security settings I have to login with my Social Security login, but if they do away with the Social Security login then what happens to my access to my security settings?

I do not know how to log into it with login.gov because whenever I try to it seems like it's creating an entirely new Social Security online account for me which clearly I can't and would not do.

[UTUSN]

6. I'm Pisces/perpetually confused, so had a hard time taking the picture, plus

it's been several months so i have no idea where I put the passwords and stuff.

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. Oh

What do you mean taking the picture?

[UTUSN]

9. Uh, isn't there a selfie as a key part of it & uploading it?

I *did* say I'm a confused Pisces! What I remember is I had to move from room to room to find a background and acceptable light and flash level, took *several* attempts

[Eliot Rosewater]

10. For a Social Security online account?

Maybe for a passport I didn't know you could apply for those online but maybe you can.

[UTUSN]

11. (Getting more confused by the minute) - let's see: Passport not expired; already had accounts for

Social Security and VA. In my fog am thinking all Fed outlets needed to be coordinated with this thing? All I know is I had to do the picture thing and it was a hassle.

And newest thing is that RENEWALS for passports are starting to be done.

[Marthe48]

7. I did it a few months ago

I already can't remember what I did, but it was easy and took just a few minutes.

When I completed the update, I logged out and logged back in, and it worked

[AnnaLee]

12. If you already have an account, have you tried this?

The first time I used login.gov at the SSA site, I went to the SSA site and clicked the button that linked to the login.gov site. I already had an account at login.gov so gave my email and password and had a confimation code request sent to my phone.
After I gave the confirmation code to the website, I was transferred back to SSA at the usual term or service check the box page.

So, if you haven't already, start at the SSA website.