---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 416.202"
title: "20"
number: "416.202"
heading: "Who may get SSI benefits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/416.202"
---

# §416.202. Who may get SSI benefits.


You are eligible for SSI benefits if you meet all of the following requirements:

- (a) **You are—**
  - (1) Aged 65 or older ([subpart H](/cfr/20/subpartH.md));
  - (2) Blind ([subpart I](/cfr/20/subpartI.md)); or
  - (3) **Disabled (subpart I).**
- (b) You are a resident of the United States ([§ 416.1603](/cfr/20/416.1603.md)), and—
  - (1) A citizen or a national of the United States ([§ 416.1610](/cfr/20/416.1610.md));
  - (2) An alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States ([§ 416.1615](/cfr/20/416.1615.md));
  - (3) An alien permanently residing in the United States under color of law ([§ 416.1618](/cfr/20/416.1618.md)); or
  - (4) A child of armed forces personnel living overseas as described in [§ 416.216](/cfr/20/416.216.md).
- (c) **You do not have more income than is permitted (subparts K and D).**
- (d) **You do not have more resources than are permitted (subpart L).**
- (e) [Reserved]
- (f) **You are not—**
  - (1) Fleeing to avoid prosecution 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 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.**
- (g) **You file an application for SSI benefits (subpart C).**

## Notes

### Amendments

[47 FR 3103, Jan. 22, 1982, as amended at 58 FR 4897, Jan. 19, 1993; 60 FR 8149, Feb. 10, 1995; 61 FR 10277, Mar. 13, 1996; 65 FR 40495, June 30, 2000; 91 FR 16830, Apr. 3, 2026]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5), 1110(b), 1602, 1611, 1614, 1619(a), 1631, and 1634 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1310(b), 1381a, 1382, 1382c, 1382h(a), 1383, and 1383c); secs. 211 and 212, Pub. L. 93-66, 87 Stat. 154 and 155 (42 U.S.C. 1382 note); sec. 502(a), Pub. L. 94-241, 90 Stat. 268 (48 U.S.C. 1681 note); sec. 2, Pub. L. 99-643, 100 Stat. 3574 (42 U.S.C. 1382h note ).

### Source

Source: 47 FR 3103, Jan. 22, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[47 FR 3103, Jan. 22, 1982, as amended at 58 FR 4897, Jan. 19, 1993; 60 FR 8149, Feb. 10, 1995; 61 FR 10277, Mar. 13, 1996; 65 FR 40495, June 30, 2000; 91 FR 16830, Apr. 3, 2026]