{"id":8113,"date":"2024-03-04T12:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ec.usembassy.gov\/?p=8113"},"modified":"2024-06-05T12:28:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:28:13","slug":"missing-social-security-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ec.usembassy.gov\/missing-social-security-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing Social Security payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"ga-title stacking-slide -section-background-color container-fluid internaltitle-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"internal-title alignwide internalpage container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"internal-title-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"internal-title-header\" class=\"internal-title-header medium\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMissing Social Security payments \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n<section  class=\"ga-content-block stacking-slide white-section-background-color paragraphsection\">\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container meta-info-top\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p><h3>Did not receive your February Social Security payment?<\/h3>\n<p>If you did not receive your February payment, your benefits have been suspended because we did not receive your Foreign Enforcement Questionnaire.<\/p>\n<p>To reinstate the benefits, you must take the following actions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you receive payments in your own name, complete\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/SSA-7162.pdf\">form SSA-7162<\/a>\u00a0(PDF 1.2Mb).<\/li>\n<li>If you receive payments through a representative payee or are a representative payee, complete\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/SSA-7161.pdf\">form SSA-7161<\/a>\u00a0(PDF 548Kb).<\/li>\n<li>Make sure to include:\n<ul>\n<li>Social Security Number<\/li>\n<li>Name<\/li>\n<li>Address (Including City, Province and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.codigopostal.gob.ec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zip code<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Signature (Note:\u00a0we cannot accept digital or electronic signatures)<\/li>\n<li>Date<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Social Security Administration cannot accept this document by email or fax, you will need to send the original document physically (no copies) to the following address:<\/p>\n<p><strong>US EMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO<\/strong><br \/>\nUnidad de Beneficios Federales (FBU)<br \/>\nAv. Rep\u00fablica de Colombia #57<br \/>\nSanto Domingo<br \/>\nRep\u00fablica Dominicana<br \/>\nC\u00f3digo postal 10505<br \/>\nTelephone: +1-809-368-7011<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Federal Benefits Unit in Santo Domingo cannot confirm your questionnaire was received and will not respond to inquiries requesting confirmation. You will need to verify the delivery status with the tracking number provided by your shipping company. After we receive your form, benefits will be reinstated in approximately 7 business days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Information about sending your questionnaire to the Regional Federal Benefits Office<\/h3>\n<p>You may send the required documentation using any method or courier service. It is highly recommended that you use a courier service that provides a tracking number. DHL has an agreement with the American Citizen Services section and is aware that there are beneficiaries that need to send documentation.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to contact DHL\u00a0about shipping your questionnaire, you can send an e-mail to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:embassy.doc@dhl.com\">embassy.doc@dhl.com<\/a>\u00a0or via WhatsApp to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wa.me\/593999391700?text=Greetings%0AI%20need%20to%20send%20a%20document%20to%20the%20Regional%20Federal%20Benefits%20Office%20in%20the%20U.S.%20Embassy%20in%20Santo%20Domingo,%20Dominican%20Republic.%20Mi%20name%20is%20\">+593-9-9939-1700<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Do not send\u00a0a Foreign Enforcement Questionnaire if<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your SSN ends\u00a000 to 49, and<\/li>\n<li>You are under 90 years of age, and<\/li>\n<li>You are receiving benefits on your own.<br \/>\n|<br \/>\nIf the above conditions apply to you, a form will be mailed to you between June and July 2024 with different instructions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>If you meet the requirements for a questionnaire, but\u00a0your official address on record is in the United States, you may disregard this message.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Please visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/do.usembassy.gov\/social-security\/\">Regional Federal Benefits Unit (FBU) page<\/a>\u00a0for more information or contact the Federal Benefits Unit directly at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:FBU.Santo.Domingo@ssa.gov\">FBU.Santo.Domingo@ssa.gov<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1232,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,72],"tags":[892],"locations_taxonomy":[983],"class_list":["post-8113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-citizen-services","tag-messages-for-u-s-citizens","locations_taxonomy-ecuador"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.1 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Missing Social Security payments - U.S. Embassy &amp; 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