Retirees thinking of living abroad may wonder if they can still receive their Social Security benefits. In most cases, the countries they choose to emigrate to permit the transfer of Social Security payments. Social Security experts note there are 10 places where the Social Security Administration (SSA) will not allow payments to be sent.
Fortunately, they are locations not favored by expatriate Americans. They include:
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Cuba
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Moldova
- North Korea
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
The SSA has requirements for those living outside the United States, which means all 50 states and all U.S. territories for at least 30 days in a row. Of course, you must be eligible to receive Social Security, even if you aren’t an American citizen but have participated in the Social Security system for a proper length of time. If you do relocate to one of the 10 countries where payments are not sent, you should check with SSA to see if there are exceptions to the rules that might permit even partial payments.
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