Advice needed! SSI payments stopped

[steveinbsas]

tl the problem is i never got the form in the mail this year...dont have the original i think i will try to send a signed form via dhl.

So, specifically, what form are you going to send to the embassy via DHL?

If you have a photcopy of a previous year's form, I can explain how to modify and send a PDF of it via WhatsApp to someone you know in the US. I used a previous years form the first time my benefits were suspended.

 

[Macanudo]

FOREIGN ENFORCEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE (FEQ) – SSA-7161 AND SSA-7162​

In addition to relying on beneficiaries (a retired person or family member) to report events that may affect their benefits, SSA contacts beneficiaries outside the United States annually or biennially (every two years) to verify their current status if they have a foreign address on record.

SSA contacts beneficiaries by sending the Foreign Enforcement Questionnaire (SSA-7161/SSA-7162) that should be returned within 60 days. If it is not send back, benefits are suspended.

We can help you get your benefits reinstated when this happens and the quickest way to do that is by following these steps:

Send us an email to [email protected] using as subject: FEQ-country where you live-last name of the worker’s record under which you receive benefits (sample: FEQ-Argentina-Doe) and add the following information:

• • Complete name of the beneficiary that did not receive the monthly payment.
  • Last 4 digits of the SSN under which benefits are paid
  • Two phone numbers
  • Address
  • Reason for the email: Non receipt of monthly benefit

Wait for a response within 5 business days. If the reason for suspension of payment is the non-return of the Foreign Enforcement Questionnaire, The Federal Benefits Unit will send you by email a blank form for your completion and signature. You will have to send the form back by postal mail. We will send instructions in our response.

After submitting the form with the correspondent ID, we will reinstate the benefits within the next 10 business days.

Technical Difficulties

Here's their phone number: 11 5777 4510

 

[studiodio]

thanks for your reply Macanudo....that was the email i received from embassy...and i mailed the form back certified by correo argentina...but correo argentina reported that they were unable to deliver it to embassy thankyou for the phone number for difficulties if that doesnt work i will try sending document using DHL maybe that will work

 

[Caribbean Cool]

My opinion......another reason to NOT change social security payments out of the U.S....period. This person is paying the price and of course I am sorry for that......for the next sole....leave your business in the U. S.

 

[Macanudo]

thanks for your reply Macanudo....that was the email i received from embassy...and i mailed the form back certified by correo argentina...but correo argentina reported that they were unable to deliver it to embassy thankyou for the phone number for difficulties if that doesnt work i will try sending document using DHL maybe that will work

Did you remember to address the envelope Att; FBU?

Please, complete form SSA 7162 and send it to us by postal mail or courier service to the address below with a copy of a unexpired photo ID. We will reinstate your benefits within the next 10 business days of receipt.

Note that you do not have to send a request for reconsideration in this instance.

Our address is:

US Embassy Buenos Aires

Att.: FBU
Av. Colombia 4300
1425 – CABA
Argentina

*We cannot be accept your form electronically by email or fax*
You can download the Form from this link:

https://uploads.mwp.mprod.getusinfo.com/uploads/sites/24/2023/01/SSA-7162.pdf

If you already sent the form, please share the tracking number with us.
Best,

Federal Benefits Unit

U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires

TTC/D84

Yes, you may deliver the envelope directly at the embassy. You need to do this through a secondary gate in Av. Cerviño 4320, around the same corner. Remember that the envelope should be correctly addressed to the Federal Benefits Unit.

 

[Redpossum]

I'm expecting to get an SSA 7162 this year. Can someone remind me in what month they usually mail those out?

 

[studiodio]

My opinion......another reason to NOT change social security payments out of the U.S....period. This person is paying the price and of course I am sorry for that......for the next sole....leave your business in the U. S.

my ssi goes into my US bank. so anyone can have this happen to them

 

[studiodio]

Did you remember to address the envelope Att; FBU?

Please, complete form SSA 7162 and send it to us by postal mail or courier service to the address below with a copy of a unexpired photo ID. We will reinstate your benefits within the next 10 business days of receipt.

Note that you do not have to send a request for reconsideration in this instance.

Our address is:

US Embassy Buenos Aires

Att.: FBU
Av. Colombia 4300
1425 – CABA
Argentina

*We cannot be accept your form electronically by email or fax*
You can download the Form from this link:

https://uploads.mwp.mprod.getusinfo.com/uploads/sites/24/2023/01/SSA-7162.pdf

If you already sent the form, please share the tracking number with us.
Best,

Federal Benefits Unit

U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires

TTC/D84

Yes, you may deliver the envelope directly at the embassy. You need to do this through a secondary gate in Av. Cerviño 4320, around the same corner. Remember that the envelope should be correctly addressed to the Federal Benefits Unit.

i did not realize you worked at the embassy! thanks so much for your time addressing this! the tracking number of my form and copy of my passport is CU863146131AR it was sent on april 1st and was reported to be at Plaza Italia post office. please let me know if noone from the embassy can pick it up and i will try sending another via DHL, as i cannot travel to BA .
this forum has helped me so much over the 14 years i have been in Argentina. thank you all!!!!

 

[Macanudo]

i did not realize you worked at the embassy! thanks so much for your time addressing this! the tracking number of my form and copy of my passport is CU863146131AR it was sent on april 1st and was reported to be at Plaza Italia post office. please let me know if noone from the embassy can pick it up and i will try sending another via DHL, as i cannot travel to BA .
this forum has helped me so much over the 14 years i have been in Argentina. thank you all!!!!

I don't work at the embassy. I copied and pasted their replies to me from last year. Don't worry, you should get your payments reinstated with all of your back payments. I mailed them a letter without tracking, and also hand delivered one.

 

[studiodio]

I don't work at the embassy. I copied and pasted their replies to me from last year. Don't worry, you should get your payments reinstated with all of your back payments. I mailed them a letter without tracking, and also hand delivered one.

thankyou for your time Macanudo...i will try calling the number you got and see if its active