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Re: U.S. Social Security Administration: Is this a phishing attempt or real?
You think you are dealing with Dick Tracy? This guy went and registered in some US plan to "Help" US citizens. So they got his Email and he gave an address here. They have NO Clue you live here and best to keep it that way...............
please that will never happen... that is not true you don't to have to reside in the usa or return home every 6 months ..to collect your SS checks ,,,, false once you earn you status of paying all those years of SS you can live on the moon.
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Social Security sends recipients living abroad a questionnaire every one or two years (the frequency depends on age, country of residence and other factors) to confirm they remain eligible for benefits. Failing to return the questionnaire will halt your payments.
I agree with this mindset. However, if one is claiming the Foreign Earned Income Exemption, could the wires of the IRS and SSA ever cross?
Also, and FYI, use this SSA tool as a reference to see how the rules can apply to oneself. I played around with it and one way a beneficiary can lose payments after 6 months is if they are an alien survivor and never lived in the US for more than 5 years.
Best.
Yes, and the US can make any rules they want with how they pay or don't pay SS...........
You can disagree but he stepped into this by himself. It was not his fault he filled out that form here. Now his benefits will STOP unless he deals with this.That has ALWAYS been the rule. AND THAT IS A FACT.........
Further to the point about discontinuance of benefits: Last year I received a letter regarding my prescriptions program (part of the SS payments. They said reply to bla bla bla. I tossed it. A month later same thing. I tossed it a second time.The third time they put dates in the letter that my benefits would stop. I was in the DR and had another two weeks before my monthly trip to NY. When I got there I went to the NY pharmacy and inquired. They said you should call. I did. Long, long story short, I was buying in one state and registered in another state. That is buying "buying out of network". Not allowed. Not going into details as to why not but has to do with state funding to/by feds.
They reinstated my benefits for prescriptions after I spent about two hours on the phone with Mrs. DoeDoe. Manger of busting balls.
They reinstated my benefits for prescriptions after I spent about two hours on the phone with Mrs. DoeDoe. Manger of busting balls.
Please re-read my post again.
I said......"While legal permanent residents are entitled to collect ss benefits, they may not reside outside the US for a period longer than 6 moths or those benefits will be suspended"..........
Of course there are exceptions in extraordinary circumstances......hospitalization, illness and the like.
International Programs
This page provides and overview of the U.S. Social Security Agreement program.
www.ssa.gov
Respectfully,
Playacaribe2
I remember when young Frank at Jose O'Shay's told me after his mother died in Ohio that they buried her in the back yard so they would continue to get the SS check. He was kidding but other people do this. I'm glad the US government is verifying the SS recipients are still alive and we are not sending checks out without verification.
Yes. Signing up for that STEP program is probably what did it(?). I renewed my passport here not too long ago but haven't personally received that email. It was forwarded to me just as "FYI" by a friend who had notified the Embassy that he was living here. It's not a scam. My S.S. is deposited into a US bank account. Been here 16 years and have never notified them.
Absolutely correct. You can actually get Direct Deposit into a US Dollar account here. But you MUST fill out that form they send every one or two years or they CANCEL your SS. And who wants to be dependent on a form being correctly received by SS. NOT RECOMMENDED...........
Thanks for this. I understand the multiple reasons why ssa.gov needs various corroborations. What got my goat was the hostile tone of the notice threatening suspension of benefits March 3 and implying that I was 2x delinquent for not responding to two notices with envelopes that were mailed to me in 2022. I have always carefully updated and maintained a reliable U.S. snail mail address for ssa.gov I never received these letters and was never informed of the requiremt. When I filled out SSA-7162, it had a remarks section. I noted that, for the record, I had never received these mailings.