---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 408.435"
title: "20"
number: "408.435"
heading: "How do you prove that you are residing outside the United States?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/408.435"
---

# §408.435. How do you prove that you are residing outside the United States?

- (a) **General rule.** To establish that you are residing outside the United States for SVB purposes, you must give us all of the following:
  - (1) Evidence of the date on which you arrived in the country in which you are residing;
  - (2) A statement signed by you showing the address at which you are living and that you intend to continue living there; and
  - (3) **Evidence that you are actually living at the address given in your signed statement.**
- (b) **Evidence of the date you entered the foreign country.** To establish the date you arrived in the country in which you are residing, you can give us evidence such as:
  - (1) A visa or passport showing the date you entered that country;
  - (2) Your plane ticket showing the date you arrived in that country; or
  - (3) **An entry permit showing the date you entered that country.**
- (c) **Evidence of your actual place of residence.** To establish your actual place of residence, you can give us evidence such as:
  - (1) A lease agreement showing where you live;
  - (2) Rental or mortgage receipts;
  - (3) Utility or other bills addressed to you at the address where you live;
  - (4) A signed statement from a local official showing that he or she knows where you live, when you began living there and how he or she knows this information; or
  - (5) A Standard Form 1199A, Direct Deposit Sign-Up Form, showing your address abroad and signed by an official of the financial institution after the date you arrived in the country in which you will be residing.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5), 806, and 810 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1006, and 1010); sec. 251, Pub. L. 106-169, 113 Stat. 1844.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 16418, Apr. 4, 2003, unless otherwise noted.