[AmeriBrit]

I'm not in my native country. I'm here in CA and am now an American citizen. When I'm old enough and if there's still SS to draw I will receive a reduced American amount then it will be made to the full amount by my UK SS. But the minimum age is still 62 yrs old, not 55 yrs old. It's not a free giveaway as you were indicating.


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[bpjam]

After making a call, I was wrong about the 55 age. The age is the same for citizens. Each country can decide how this gets done. Having dealt with tax law in the UK, most of our treaties with them appear to be based on a benefit-minus basis. THe benefit being received is reduced by the amount being recieved in the non-host country first. And I didn't intend or believe I said that it was a free giveaway since the benefits are only paid to those immigrants (legal or illegal) who actually paid into the system.

But there are actually millions of people getting freebies from Social Security. Did you know that a big chunk of the retirement population brought here under 'extended family' applications for citizenship or visas are retirement age family of existing 'anchor babies' who then get to apply for Social Security? Seems wrong? Yes. But Medicaid will cover them and they can get free government services in states like CA where the political class refuses acknowledge that citizenship it a different class than 'resident.'