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How Can I Claim My Husband's Benefits?

I want to claim my husband social security, he work here for 30 years and the immigration revoke his permanent residence, I am a survivor I my social security is not enough for me and to help him in Peru, we are 70 years old, and in tap of that he have some health issue, so I want to know how can I do to claim this, I know is a law that if I am a citizen and dint left the country after he was deported I can claim this??? Please I need help with this
, what can I do.

Hi,

I don't have enough information about your circumstances to be able to tell you if you would be eligible for U.S. Social Security benefits, but you can file an application for benefits in order to find out. You may be able to initiate the application process by calling Social Security at 1-800-772-1213. If you're living in Peru can't contact Social Security by phone, then you may be able to obtain assistance in applying for benefits by contacting the U.S. Embassy in Peru. For more information about receiving Social Security benefits outside of the U.S., refer to the following Social Security publication: https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10137.pdf.

Best, Jerry

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Sep 7 2019 - 8:17am
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