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Lita York (Unregistered Guest)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 10:18 am: | 
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I am assuming from a statement you made in another reply that... If I moved to another state, even if the cost of living was higher.. I wouldn't get a chance to up my benefits?
Second question is... what about those places that are basically American, but not the mainland or usually thought of American places? Would I still get my benefits there? I'm trying to think of examples.... Bahamas would be one, though I would NOT want to live in a hurrican zone...lol. There was another place in between America and Europe I heard was basically American owned... Anyway... Hopefully you understand my question here. Does it have to be within the states represented on our flag? And if it's allowed... what do we do? Just inform them of our change of address?
I'm probably just dreaming here. I probably couldn't afford to move anywhere much less across an ocean. But, just in case... and to feed my dreams...would it be possible? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 10:07 pm: |
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Q. I am assuming from a statement you made in another reply that... If I moved to another state, even if the cost of living was higher.. I wouldn't get a chance to up my benefits?
A. Probably not Social Security Disability; SSI might be different depending on the states.
Q. Second question is... what about those places that are basically American, but not the mainland or usually thought of American places? Would I still get my benefits there? I'm trying to think of examples.... Bahamas would be one, though I would NOT want to live in a hurrican zone...lol. There was another place in between America and Europe I heard was basically American owned... Anyway... Hopefully you understand my question here. Does it have to be within the states represented on our flag? And if it's allowed... what do we do? Just inform them of our change of address?
A. If you are drawing SSI, you must live in one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, or the Northern Mariana Islands to continue to get your check.
If you are now properly drawing Social Security Disability or Retirement benefits, you can live anywhere in the US for sure; that is the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
If you are a US Citizen and drawing a Social Security Disability or Retirement check, you can live about anywhere, so long as they can safely get a check to you; there is a list of countries they don't send them to, but those are places no one in his right mind would go to anyway: Cuba, North Korea, Cambodia, Vietnam or areas (other than Armenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia) which were in the former Soviet Union.
Q. I'm probably just dreaming here. I probably couldn't afford to move anywhere much less across an ocean. But, just in case... and to feed my dreams...would it be possible?
A. Back when Spain was cheap, a client with a low income hopped a tramp freighter from Detroit to Spain and lived there for several years on a very small amount of money. You have to know exactly what you are doing to pull something like that off, but she did it to survive and she lived much better for a few years than she could have here. Check it out carefully before you go, since some or all of this might change just in time to mess you up, and don't move without being positive it will work, or you might get stuck with no way home!
If you are not a US Citizen, there are many complications I have not touched on here.
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