Garbarino Helps Secure Social Security Benefits

A constituent contacted my office for help with a delayed Social Security benefits application. Originally submitted in March 2024, the application had been directed to the Federal Benefits Unit (FBU) at the U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt, Germany, as the constituent was residing overseas at the time. Significant processing delays and a lack of updates from the Social Security Administration (SSA) had left the application unresolved. My casework team stepped in to address the miscommunication between the SSA and the FBU. As a result, the constituent received a retroactive payment for the delay, and regular monthly benefits are now scheduled to begin in February 2025.