Do you have to be a citizen to get social security ?
If you leave the US after working, let's say 15 years, will you be eligible to collect social security when you retire, even if you don't live in the US anymore ?
Answer:
yes
No, and yes you could collect S/S after so many years of working in the USA from the S/S Dept. if you retired.
i am an illegal so i cant anser must go immigration eez here!
Yes, Social Security is Insurance so if you pay enough quarters in, you will be able to receive retirement/disability/survivor... benefits. You don't have to live in the US, but there are restrictions on certain countries where benefits would be suspended if you were living in one of those countries. For a list, visit:
WWW.SOCIALSECURITY.GOV
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Yes, you have to be a U.S. Citizen to get Social Security payments, which are based on the number of "quarters" you paid in, and how much that payment was. You wouldn't get much if you only paid in 15 years, but you would be eligible for a reduced amount at age 62, and full payments at age 65. You can find everything you wanted to know at their official website:
http://www.ssa.gov/
As long as you are legally eligible for a Social Security number, you are entitled to receive Social Security payments once you reach the minimum age, which depends on the year you were born in. Check http://www.ssa.gov for more info on that.
However, if you are not a citizen, the law requires that the Social Security Administration stop sending your checks after you have been out of the country for six consecutive calendar months. There are exceptions, of course, which can be detailed on the above link.
Basically, according to the SSA, the only thing you have to do is be a legal resident and be legally residing in the USA. Check their website or your local SSA office if you have problems or questions.
To get a Social Security number or a replacement card, you must prove your U.S. citizenship or immigration status, age and identity. For a replacement card, proof of your U.S. citizenship and age are not required if they are already in our records. Under the new law, only certain documents can be accepted as proof of U.S. citizenship. These include your U.S. birth certificate, a U.S. passport, a Certificate of Naturalization or a Certificate of Citizenship. If you are not a U.S. citizen, different rules apply for proving your immigration status, and those rules have not changed.
Also under the new law, only certain documents can be accepted as proof of identity. An acceptable document must show your name, identifying information about you and preferably a recent photograph.
If you are a U.S. citizen, Social Security must see your:
U.S. driver’s license;
State-issued nondriver identity card; or
U.S. passport.
If you do not have these specific documents or cannot get a replacement for them within 10 days, we will ask to see other documents, including:
Employee ID card;
School ID card;
Health insurance card (not a Medicare card);
U.S. military ID card; or
Adoption decree.
If you are not a U.S. citizen, Social Security must see your current U.S. immigration documents. Acceptable documents from the Department of Homeland Security include your:
Form I-551 (includes machine-readable immigrant visa with your unexpired foreign passport);
I-94 with your unexpired foreign passport; or
Work permit card (I-766 or I-688B).
Since every one else answered your question,I thought this might help others about SS cards.
yes...it will probably be a very small amount, but you'd be eligible.
You can be anything you want, most of the morons working at the Social Security Offices do not check anything, do not ask for anything, and you can walk right in, still soaking wet from crossing and they will issue you a card. They actually make it harder for the legal ones to get cards than the illegal ones. Well at least in the Texas offices.
You don't have to be a citizen, so long as you are legally here. About leaving, it depends on what country you are from, I believe.
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