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Will I Still Be Eligible To Receive Survivor Benefits If I Move Back To China?

Hello

I am lawful resident of U.S and have already collected my survivor benefit, if I plan to move back to my country (China) Permanently, will I still eligible to receive survivor benefit while I am outside U.S ?

Thanks

Hi,

I can't give you a definite answer to your question without more information, but assuming that you're not a U.S. citizen then your benefits would likely only continue for 6 months after you leave the U.S. for China unless you were married to and lived in the U.S. with the spouse on whose record you're receiving survivor benefits for at least 5 years. For more information, you may want to refer to the following Social Security publication: https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10137.pdf.

Best, Jerry

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Aug 5 2018 - 11:13am
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