---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 416.216"
title: "20"
number: "416.216"
heading: "You are a child of armed forces personnel living overseas."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/416.216"
---

# §416.216. You are a child of armed forces personnel living overseas.

- (a) **General rule.** For purposes of this part, overseas means any location outside the United States as defined in [§ 416.215](/cfr/20/416.215.md); 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](/cfr/20/416.1856.md);
  - (2) You are a citizen of the United States; and
  - (3) You are living with a parent as described in [§ 416.1881](/cfr/20/416.1881.md) 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.

## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 4897, Jan. 19, 1993; 58 FR 9597, Feb. 22, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 41400, Aug. 12, 1994. Redesignated at 61 FR 10277, Mar. 13, 1996; 70 FR 61366, Oct. 24, 2005]

### 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

[58 FR 4897, Jan. 19, 1993; 58 FR 9597, Feb. 22, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 41400, Aug. 12, 1994. Redesignated at 61 FR 10277, Mar. 13, 1996; 70 FR 61366, Oct. 24, 2005]