If you have a green card and pay into the US system for 10 years can you at 65 get your social security checks sent to you abroad if you leave the USA and become resident somewhere else (i.e. give up your Green Card).

I heard you can do this if you become a USC before you leave.

Anybody know the rules?

I've asked this before, as there seems to be some ambiguity in terms of what gets posted about this on BE. Here is my last post asking about this:

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...97#post9039697

United States Social Security Administration 1-800-772-1213

This document from the SS seems to indicate that UK Citizens are entitled to receive the SS benefits that they have earned.

I saw on the news the other day that they will shortly be ending the physical sending out of checks (too much pilfering) and it will be on cards.

"Social Security" has different sorts of payments.


SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/intern.../payments.html

I suspect that most people (certainly most people who live abroad) get their Social Security Retirement, Disability or Survivor payments deposited directly in their bank accounts.