Originally Posted by
hola32
Hi!
I'm Spanish and I'm married to an American citizen. We are living in Colorado and I have a US resident card and a social security number. As he has been working for the government, if he dies before me as I am his wife I will receive a widow pension from the government. The thing is that we are thinking about moving back to Spain next fall to live there permanently and I guess I will then lost my resident card and I guess my US social security number too??... then, how I would be able in the future to collect the widow pension without a social security number??... do you need it to collect it??...I hope it never happens, but just wondering if in the future I find myself in that situation how it works here in the US... do you need to be a US resident and have a social security number to collect a widow pension?
thanks,