International Programs

Your Payments While You Are Outside The United States

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If you are a U.S. citizen, you may receive your Social Security payments outside the U.S. as long as you are eligible for them.

However, there are certain countries to which we are not allowed to send payments.

If you are a citizen of one of the countries listed below, your Social Security payments will keep coming no matter how long you stay outside the U.S., as long as you are eligible for the payments.

Austria Hungary Poland
Belgium Iceland Portugal
Brazil Ireland Slovak Republic
Canada Israel Slovenia
Chile Italy Spain
Czech Republic Japan Sweden
Finland Korea (South) Switzerland
France Luxembourg United Kingdom
Germany Netherlands Uruguay
Greece Norway  

 

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