20 CFR 416.216
§ 416.216 You are a child of armed forces personnel living overseas.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 416.216, § 416.216 You are a child of armed forces personnel living overseas, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/79249
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(a) General rule. For purposes of this part, overseas means any location outside the United States as defined in § 416.215; i.e., the 50 States, the District of Columbia and the Northern Mariana Islands. You may be eligible for SSI benefits if you live overseas and if—
(1) You are a child as described in § 416.1856;
(2) You are a citizen of the United States; and
(3) You are living with a parent as described in § 416.1881 who is a member of the armed forces of the United States assigned to permanent duty ashore overseas.
(b) Living with. You are considered to be living with your parent who is a member of the armed forces if—
(1) You physically live with the parent who is a member of the armed forces overseas; or
(2) You are not living in the same household as the military parent but your presence overseas is due to his or her permanent duty assignment.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.