Bonnie Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 U.S. Embassy in Panama Consular Section: Federal Benefits Unit Routine Message for U.S. Citizens September 29, 2017 Starting on Monday, October 2, 2017, Embassy Panama Federal Benefits Unit will cease performing most Social Security Administration-related federal benefit services. This change is occurring because the Bureau of Consular Affairs and the Social Security Administration (SSA) are updating our Interagency Agreement, which outlines services that most Consular Sections at U.S. embassies can perform on behalf of SSA. SSA requires all beneficiaries and most applicants living overseas to contact the specially-designated Federal Benefits Units (FBUs) abroad that are best equipped to handle such inquiries. Because of the changes, the FBU designated for Panama will now be the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica. These changes are not expected to affect other federal benefits services For information on SSA services that FBU-Panama can continue to perform after Oct. 2, please visit our webpage at https://pa.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/federal-benefits-unit/. Information regarding Social Security applications or benefits which can be processed at Embassy Costa Rica FBU can be found at https://cr.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/social-security/. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Doug Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I suspect it will be easier to make a trip to the USA to deal with Social Security issues than this alternative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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