---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 408.708"
title: "20"
number: "408.708"
heading: "What events must you report to us?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/408.708"
---

# §408.708. What events must you report to us?


This section describes the events that you must report to us. They are—

- (a) **A change of address or residence.** You must report to us any change in your mailing address and any change in your residence, i.e., the address where you live.
- (b) **A change in your other benefit income.** You must report to us any increase or decrease in your other benefit income as described in [§ 408.220](/cfr/20/408.220.md).
- (c) **Certain deaths.**
  - (1) If you are a representative payee, you must report the death of the entitled individual.
  - (2) If you have a representative payee, you must report the death of your representative payee.
- (d) **Entry into the United States.** You must report to us if you enter the United States to visit or live even if you have no intention of abandoning your residence outside the United States.
- (e) **Removal (including deportation) from the United States.** You must report to us if you are removed (including deported) from the United States under section [237(a)](/cfr/20/237.md?p=a) or [212(a)(6)(A)](/cfr/20/212.md?p=a-6-A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
- (f) **Fleeing to avoid criminal prosecution or custody or confinement after conviction, or violating probation or parole.** You must report to us that you are—
  - (1) Fleeing to avoid prosecution, under the laws of the United States or the jurisdiction within the United States from which you flee, for a crime, or an attempt to commit a crime, which is a felony under the laws of the place from which you flee (or which, in the case of the State of New Jersey, is a high misdemeanor under the laws of that State);
  - (2) Fleeing to avoid custody or confinement after conviction under the laws of the United States or the jurisdiction within the United States from which you flee, for a crime, or an attempt to commit a crime, which is a felony under the laws of the place from which you flee (or which, in the case of the State of New Jersey, is a high misdemeanor under the laws of that State); or
  - (3) **Violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under Federal or State law.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5), 802, 803, 804, 806, 807, and 810 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1002, 1003, 1004, 1006, 1007, and 1010).

### Source

Source: 69 FR 25955, May 10, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

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