A beneficiary's use of a foreign “in-care-of” mailing address is acceptable if it
is the address of a relative or friend with whom he/she lives or intends to live.
When a beneficiary outside the U.S. requests that his/her checks be mailed “in-care-of”
another person abroad, change the address and secure a Form SSA-795 (Statement of
Claimant or Other Person) showing the beneficiary's actual residence address and an
explanation of the use of the “in-care-of” address.
If the claimant's explanation justifies Social Security’s use of the “in-care-of”
address, then all correspondence and checks will be sent to that address. If the explanation
or evidence indicates that the address may be that of a third party or may involve
the assignment of benefits, the “in-care-of” address must be disregarded, and all
correspondence containing benefit or payment information and checks will be sent to
the claimant's own mailing address.
Following is a list of foreign equivalents of the designation “in-care-of”. The word
or phrase will appear somewhere within the address of the claimant or beneficiary.
Language
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In-Care-Of Designation
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Czech
|
pri
|
Danish
|
addresse
|
|
addressert
|
|
(ddr.)
|
Flemish
|
Per adres
|
|
(p.a.)
|
|
bij
|
Finnish
|
osiote
|
|
louna (usually after the name)
|
French
|
chez
|
|
aux soins de
|
German
|
bei (plus the in-care-of name)
|
|
Per addresse
|
Greek
|
dia (sometimes written as D/A)
|
Italian
|
Presso
|
|
p. (followed by a family name. However, if there is no street name in the address,
the p. stands for “piazza”)
|
Norwegian
|
addresse
|
|
addressert
|
|
adr.
|
Polish
|
prezes or z listami p. (preceded by the claimant's or beneficiary's name and followed
by the in-care-of name)
|
Portuguese
|
por meio do
|
|
em casa de
|
Romanian
|
la
|
Slovak
|
pri
|
Serbian
|
kod (sometimes written as KOD)
|
Spanish
|
a cargo de
|
|
a/c
|
Swedish
|
address
|
|
addresserat
|
|
adr.
|
Macedonia
|
kod (sometimes written as KOD)
|
Serbo-Croatian
|
kod (sometimes written as KOD)
|
Slovenian
|
Pri
|