TN 2 (02-20)

GN 03316.020 Disclosure Without Consent to Administer Social Security Administration (SSA) Programs Outside the United States (U.S.)

Our Office of Earnings and International Operations (OEIO), Division of International Operations (DIO) is responsible for administering the Social Security program abroad, with the exception of the Special Veterans Benefit (SVB) program under Title VIII. Central processing sites (CPS) and field offices (FO) have collaborative responsibility for administering the SVB program whose beneficiaries reside abroad. Since we have no offices outside the U.S., the following agencies assist OEIO, DIO, CPS and FOs in these responsibilities by providing their facilities and services:

  • Department of State (DOS) foreign service posts in various foreign countries;

  • Department of Veterans Affairs, Regional Office - Manila, Philippines, and other parts of the Asia-Pacific region; and

  • American Institute in Taiwan, a private corporation under contract to DOS in Taiwan.

We may disclose relevant non-tax return and tax return information to these agencies from any systems of records that has a routine use permitting the disclosure to these agencies for purposes of administering our programs. You can view a full listing of all of our system of records and their routine uses at https://www.ssa.gov/privacy/sorn.html.


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GN 03316.020 - Disclosure Without Consent to Administer Social Security Administration (SSA) Programs Outside the United States (U.S.) - 02/06/2020
Batch run: 02/06/2020
Rev:02/06/2020