---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 217.16"
title: "20"
number: "217.16"
heading: "Filing date."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/217.16"
---

# §217.16. Filing date.


An application filed in a manner and form acceptable to the Board is officially filed with the Board on the earliest of the following dates:

- (a) **On the date it is received at a Board office.**
- (b) On the date it is delivered to a field employee of the Board as described in [§ 217.15](/cfr/20/217.15.md).
- (c) On the date it is received at any office of the U.S. Foreign Service.
- (d) On the date the application was mailed, as shown by the postmark, if using the date it is received will result in the loss or reduction of benefits.
- (e) On the date the Social Security Administration considers the application filed, if it is filed with the Social Security Administration or the Veterans Administration.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231d and 45 U.S.C. 231f.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 7647, Feb. 22, 1982, unless otherwise noted.