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Four friends I met in Cambodia all left the US after they retired and had no problem for the decade plus each of them were abroad receiving benefits.

In most cases, all you have to do is fill out the SS-7162(proof-of-life) form each year and snail mail it within two months of receiving the form back to the SSA.

There are any number of reliable international courier services to choose from.

Apparently you can also complete proof-of-life with the SSA by phone, although the guys I knew filled out the form and mailed it in each year.

  • FrowingFostek@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I’m conflicted. On the one hand, If we keep circulating US currency around the world it would make it harder for other countries to get off USD as a reserve currency. Meaning those retirees have a better chance of maintaining their retirements abroad.

    On the other, the United States is a rogue state.

    • bitofarambler@crazypeople.onlineOPM
      1·
      4 days ago

      Those four guys from the post were spending about $600 USD a month renting a house and getting artisan beer and sushi 4 times a week. Each house was about $150 per month. For two of them, a few more hundred per month went to medical treatments they couldn’t get in the States that literally would have killed them back home.

      The US should learn its lesson and people can still retire abroad.