Q: If you're on Social Security and move out of the country, can you still draw it? Are you still entitled to it? — Eddie Webster, Dallas
A: U.S. citizens can travel or live in most foreign countries without affecting their eligibility for Social Security benefits, a spokeswoman told Q&A on the News in an email. If you aren't a U.S. citizen, your payments will be stopped after you have been outside the country for six consecutive months, according to law, unless you meet one of "several exceptions in the law, allowing your benefits to continue," she wrote. "Most of these exceptions are based on your country of citizenship, residence or on other conditions." For more information about receiving benefits abroad, including to which countries payments can be sent, reporting responsibilities and taxes, read "Your Payments While You are Outside the United States" at: www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10137.html#a0=1.
Q: When turning left out of the U.S. Post Office onto Eves Road (heading north) in Roswell, one is required to cross not one, but two double solid yellow lines in the middle of the road. Is this a traffic violation for which I may get a ticket? — Del Winn, Alpharetta
A: As long as there's not a sign that says no left turn, it's legal to do so, a spokeswoman for the Roswell Police Department told Q&A on the News.
Andy Johnston wrote this column. Do you have a question about the news? We’ll try to get the answer. Call 404-222-2002 or email q&a@ajc.com (include name, phone and city).
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