You can sign and submit a written statement appointing the person, or use our standard form SSA-1696, Appointment of Representative. You can have a representative help you when you do business with Social Security.Your representative can be an attorney or a non-attorney. This authorization letter appoints someone to act as the author's attorney-in-fact to represent them before the Social Security System. Please complete this form if you wish to designate an authorized representative to file a complaint with the. The process of becoming a U.S. citizen is called naturalization. The superintendent is authorized to promote, support and conduct programs to carry out the purposes of this act.