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I hate this. Turns out we should NOT have been honest on our SS application about where we are living (So. America). We established a mailing address with a sibling in the U.S., but on our application for SS, truthfully wrote down we lived here, NOT at the mailing address. OOPS!
Though we have direct deposit, those occasional snail-mail letters the SS sends HAVE to reflect the address you LIVE AT. They send those to deter fraud, which I understand. We went through supervisors at SS, explaining our situation, to no avail (thank God for Skype) We were told payments would stop if their letters weren't returned with current information they require. We'd have to reinstate them with SS each time.
The situation being that there is virtually NO mail delivery here. Maybe in the big cities, but not here. There aren't even real addresses for the most part. No hope of receiving mail. Not a major problem since everything else is online but now it IS a problem with SS.
FYI, local bills here are all paid in person at a certain time of month.
So what on earth do you retired RV-ers do? You can't get mail in your RV where you actually LIVE. What if your lifestyle requires a P.O. box---you don't live there.
Does everyone in these situations really LIE? Using other's addresses or 3rd-party mail services....
Other expats have said they did lie and this really bothers me.
I also live in South America and have all SS mail delivered here. It always arrives about a month late and this year during a postal strike was usually coming about three months late. I had to send in that form you are referring to and was able to get it postmarked here within the 60 day window,
I hate this. Turns out we should NOT have been honest on our SS application about where we are living (So. America). We established a mailing address with a sibling in the U.S., but on our application for SS, truthfully wrote down we lived here, NOT at the mailing address. OOPS!
Though we have direct deposit, those occasional snail-mail letters the SS sends HAVE to reflect the address you LIVE AT. They send those to deter fraud, which I understand. We went through supervisors at SS, explaining our situation, to no avail (thank God for Skype) We were told payments would stop if their letters weren't returned with current information they require. We'd have to reinstate them with SS each time.
The situation being that there is virtually NO mail delivery here. Maybe in the big cities, but not here. There aren't even real addresses for the most part. No hope of receiving mail. Not a major problem since everything else is online but now it IS a problem with SS.
FYI, local bills here are all paid in person at a certain time of month.
So what on earth do you retired RV-ers do? You can't get mail in your RV where you actually LIVE. What if your lifestyle requires a P.O. box---you don't live there.
Does everyone in these situations really LIE? Using other's addresses or 3rd-party mail services....
Other expats have said they did lie and this really bothers me.
Isn't it possible to do bank to bank transfers? If you have a bank in the US where the check is deposited. You can bill pay by electronic check and should also be able to make transfers. I have not researched this quite yet but having been mainly doing our banking electronically for the past 10 years it should be simple I thought.
Isn't it possible to do bank to bank transfers? If you have a bank in the US where the check is deposited. You can bill pay by electronic check and should also be able to make transfers. I have not researched this quite yet but having been mainly doing our banking electronically for the past 10 years it should be simple I thought.
US banks do not want to open accounts for US citizens living in foreign countries. Various IRS rules make it cumbersome and risky for the banks. Worse, some foreign banks don't want to deal with US citizens either. My son lives in England, and has had to deal with similar issues because of this. See https://www.americansabroad.org/banking/ for more info
US banks do not want to open accounts for US citizens living in foreign countries. Various IRS rules make it cumbersome and risky for the banks. Worse, some foreign banks don't want to deal with US citizens either. My son lives in England, and has had to deal with similar issues because of this. See https://www.americansabroad.org/banking/ for more info
Can you give your sibling a limited POA to authorize that sibling to reply to these letters?
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