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US Citizen kid living abroad with Mom & Dad deceased.

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
July 27, 2021
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Hello All,

My friend who was working in USA for 6 years till 2004, returned to home country due to personal reasons. Unfortunately he is no more and he died 4 years back. He has a US Citizen Kid who just turned to be Adult. Does the kid need to file any tax returns, she is yet to earn other than the savings made by her parents. Also whether she is eligible for claiming the COIVD stimulus checks? If Yes, what should be done?

Also, I believe she is eligible to claim social security benefits. Please help on the same.

Can someone guide accordingly? I can help the family in doing next steps.

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pk12_2

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@arun2811 . first namaste to you

second, without knowing the gory details, it is difficult to suggest any course of action and this is not the right place for this type of discussion. I recognize that you are only trying to help a child in need. My suggestions would be as follows ( not an expert on this but .... 😞

(a) if the child actually has a US passport ( not just born in the USA and therefore presumed nationality / citizenship ), the best place to start is to go visit the nearest US consulate --- she needs to go there in person and ask for help in determining benefits available to her;

(b) if she does have a SSN, then she could also ask about how to contact SSA and get any benefits die to her because of the deceased parent( s) whom had paid into Social Security. Note that because of US-India totalization agreement, SSA may have had transferred applicable pension/Social Security benefits to India. Consulate is the best place to start this process. The whole process may take quite sometime but she needs to start with the consulate.

(c) if the child is in the USA or planning to be here in the USA soon, then she needs to visit SSA , along with death certs ( apostiled ) of the parents and go on from there.

(d) if she does not have a US passport then also she would need to visit the nearest consulate along with US birth certificate and get the passport. Thereafter proceed as above.

I wish you and her the best .

Namaste

pk