Absent information to the contrary, SSA assumes that an individual born in Armenia
is an Armenian citizen.
Proof of current citizenship must be secured for any individual who:
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moved to the Soviet Union before January 1992, and
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claims to be a U.S. citizen (or national), or a citizen of a country other than Armenia
and would meet an exception to the alien nonpayment provisions of the law based on
that citizenship.
If the beneficiary is deceased and citizenship is material to the payment of the lump
sum death benefit or the underpayment, the evidence must show that the deceased beneficiary
retained that citizenship until his/her death, or if it was lost, when it was lost.