Tutorial: How to change your Social Security phone number?
Discover how to effortlessly update your Social Security phone number through our video. Follow the simple steps outlined in this tutorial to ensure your contact information remains accurate and up-to-date with ease.
Video Tutorial: How to change your Social Security Phone Number in Spain?
It is crucial to keep your personal information up to date. That’s why we will show you how to change your Social Security phone number online, step by step.
In Social Security, as in other administrations, it is essential to keep all your personal information up to date. We explain how to change your Social Security phone number online, at their offices, or by phone.
Why is it important to update your Social Security data?
When you change your address, it is essential to notify Social Security, because if they have to send you an official written notification and they do it to your old address, you would not be aware of it.
The same applies to a cellphone number. If you have activated the option to receive notifications by SMS (for example, to know when a company enrolls or suspends you from Social Security), you will miss these notifications if the number is not updated. You will also be unable to do certain online procedures in which a confirmation SMS is sent to your cellphone, for example, to request your work history report online. In these cases, if the telephone number is incorrect and you have no other form of identification, you will not be able to carry out your procedure.
How to change your Social Security phone number via the INTERNET
If you have a digital certificate, electronic DNI, or user and password of the Cl@ve System, you will be able to see your Social Security data at any given time.
To do this, you must access the Social Security Electronic Headquarters and click on the option “Change of address” or “Communication of telephone and e-mail”, depending on the case.
Please note that when you modify your telephone number you can tick a checkbox to receive communications from the Social Security General Treasury by SMS and that you can also change your address and telephone number from the “Tu Seguridad Social” page, and then consult your data at any moment.
How to apply for a change of phone number by written request
If you do not have any identification means such as a digital certificate or Cl@ve, another option is through the “Presentation of other Writings, Applications and Communications”. For this you must follow the steps below:
- Enter the Social Security Electronic Headquarters.
- Fill in the form with the data of the applicant.
- Indicate the category “Citizen / Worker”.
- The procedure “Communication and variation of contact data”.
- Explain the reason for your letter, request, or communication.
- Attach the DNI / NIE on both sides.
- Attach Form TA1 properly filled in and signed.
How to request the rectification of your Social Security data at their OFFICES
One of the options for updating your data is going to the local office of the Social Security General Treasury (TGSS). Generally, it is not necessary to make an appointment, and the opening hours are from Monday to Friday, between 9:00 am and 2:00 pm.
How to change your Social Security phone number by TELEPHONE
This option is only available in certain provinces, generally the smaller ones or those with few Social Security General Treasury offices. In provinces like Madrid or Barcelona, this option is not available.
To check if it is available in your province and, if applicable, to request the modification of your Social Security data by this means, you should call 901 50 20 20 50 from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday to Friday.
First, you must dial the first two numbers of the postal code of your province and then number 3, general information, where you will be put in contact with an agent.
In this case, the data will not be changed immediately. You will have to request the data update form, it will be sent to you by post so that you can fill it in with the current data, sign it and send it through one of the post office boxes. The envelope is already addressed and stamped.
What other procedures can I make from the Social Security Electronic Headquarters?
Other personal information such as bank details for retirement payments or general data for personal income tax purposes, such as family status, degree of disability, name, or date of birth, can also be modified at their Electronic Headquarters.
Besides, you can carry out other types of procedures, and for some of them, it is not necessary to have a digital certificate, electronic DNI, or a user of the Cl@ve System. For instance, some of the most important procedures of this type are:
- Request your work history report online
- Check your Contribution Basis report
- Apply for the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)
In Entre Trámites we offer various services of management, advice and support in bureaucratic processes for state aid, including modifying your Social Security data for you, SMEs and other companies.
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