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    Default Transferring Social Security Check to Canada

    I've been retired for 5 years and receive Social Security. I recently moved to Canada to marry and I live there now.

    I am a Permanent Resident of Canada -- NOT a citizen.

    I've been getting my checks deposited in my usual American bank and, since moving to Canada, l transfer it to my Canadian bank account. This causes a 30 day wait for it to be complete.

    Can I contact SS and just have it Direct Deposited to my Canadian bank? Will that result in a cut of my money, or would it stay the same?

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    Default Re: Transferring Social Security Check to Canada

    Citizens living abroad can continue to receive their retirement benefits, and the SSA supports direct deposit to Canadian banks.

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    Default Re: Transferring Social Security Check to Canada

    Thank you so much. I'll research and find out how to do that, hopefully online through the SS office.

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    Default Re: Transferring Social Security Check to Canada

    Have you set up a mysocialsecurity account online ? If not, you will need to do that in order to take care of it online.

    http://ssa.gov/myaccount/

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    Default Re: Transferring Social Security Check to Canada

    Yes, I did that months ago. I'll check it out there tomorrow. Thank you!

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    My Canadian bank says I must open a US account with them to have it direct-deposited. Or do a wire transfer from my US bank to my Canadian one as it stands now -- which incurs a fee. Jeez!

    I'll just keep on doing the PayPal transfer thingy.

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