I lived in Vietnam for many years and left a few months ago, now moving around countries looking for a new one.
My address on file with the SSA is my former address in Vietnam.
I may wander around countries for quite a while before dropping anchor.
SSA emailed me the 7162 and wants a quick answer, they say they sent a 7162 via snail mail but I didn't receive it.
Do any of you have first hand experience where you do not have a permanent address but must submit the 7162?
Any help appreciated
@Grik WorldNomad
Hi there..
If you're anywhere in the US territory.. please go to any local SSA office.. you may need an appointment as well as you need to carry original SS Card with a state ID with latest address. However if you aren't anywhere within the US, please call nearest US Embassy or Consulate and explain the situation, they may be able to help you.. 🙏
You can also opt not get snail mail on their website.. and get everything in email.. please check that as well.
SSA may not deposit SS benefits to a non U.S. based financial institution however you can always opt to transfer from your checking or saving accounts to a foreign bank.
Best wishes on your endeavors.. 👍❤️
Take care.. 🙏
Proof of life forms.
SSA has determined that postal disruptions
in most countries have been resolved .. so
the agency is again sending out the proof of life
forms that Expats were normally receiving
every other year to fill out and return.
The requirement to send in the forms was
waived during the intense parts of
The Situation.
The problem facing Expats in my adopted
country, Ecuador, and possibly others .. is
that postal delivery service is unreliable or
(in Ecuador) moribund or 'kaput'.
It would be fine with some of us if SSA
would enable the filing of these forms
electronically instead of having Expats
try to ensure prompt return of completed
forms to one of the SSA postal box in
Baltimore, Maryland.
If in doubt as to whether your benefits
may have been suspended temporarily,
check your bank balance and follow up
with SSA if the benefits aren't coming in
regularly.
cccmedia
@cccmedia Several years ago I elected to receive messages from SSA only electronically, i.e. no more using postal services.
Does that process apply to the 7162 as well? If you also opted to receive electronic updates only, how did you receive the request to complete 7162?
Proof of life.
My personal proof-of-life strategy (re SSA form 7162)
is to send it in every other year as originally planned,
regardless of what I receive or don't receive from
the agency.
With Ecuador's postal service currently moribund or
worse, I don't receive the 7162 in snail mail.
I have found it easy to download and print the form
off the SSA website. I last signed it and send it in
via USPS when I was completing my 2020-21 visit
inside the USA. If one is outside the USA, send it
in electronically if you can figure out how to do so,
or find another secure way to get it to the SSA address
in Baltimore or Pennsylvania.
cccmedia visiting Santander, Colombia
Many thanks.
This is my first time with the 7162.
February 1st SSA Manila ( I lived many years in Asia until recently) sent an email stating they had requested my 7162 a few months prior, and I should complete and send it immediately. I hadn't received any request, neither via email nor by post.
(I'm still confused as to whether they send ALL correspondence by email if we opt out of paper delivery via post.)
I mailed the form two days later via registered mail and the Manila office received it February 7.
On a whim I checked my SSA account the other day and was dismayed to see my benefits have been suspended.
Of course all attempts to call them have been fruitless, just the same as with the US.
Very upsetting to say the least.
BTW, SSA only accepts original, signed forms.
Many thanks
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