20 CFR 416.215
§ 416.215 You leave the United States.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 416.215, § 416.215 You leave the United States, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/79248
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You lose your eligibility for SSI benefits for any month during all of which you are outside of the United States. If you are outside of the United States for 30 days or more in a row, you are not considered to be back in the United States until you are back for 30 days in a row. You may again be eligible for SSI benefits in the month in which the 30 days end if you continue to meet all other eligibility requirements.
By United States, we mean the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.