Dual Citizensip Ukraine

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More detail from: https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0302650040. Basically you have to show up once every three months to prove you are alive.

2. Monthly benefit payments

A qualified beneficiary or qualified representative payee may receive monthly payments (by check or direct deposit) while in one of the SSA restricted countries if he or she agrees to the following restricted conditions for payment:

• The beneficiary (and qualified representative payee) must (both) appear personally at the FSP every three months and show proof of identity. If we pay the person by check, the FSP can hold the checks until the three-month visit, or the beneficiary (or representative payee) may pick up the checks monthly. The FSP will not mail checks or give them to anyone other than the beneficiary or qualified representative payee.

• Failure to appear personally at the FSP within three months will cause benefit payments to stop. The FSP will notify SSA promptly if the beneficiary or representative payee fails to comply with the three- month visit requirement. The FSP will return any undelivered checks to the Treasury Department. SSA will stop direct deposit payments. SSA will not resume payments until the absent person(s) appear(s) personally at the FSP and establish(es) continuing eligibility for benefits.

• The beneficiary (or qualified representative payee) must notify the FSP promptly of any change of address or change in citizenship of the beneficiary.

• The family or estate of the beneficiary (or qualified representative payee) must notify the FSP promptly if the beneficiary dies.

• The beneficiary’s family or estate must notify the FSP promptly if the beneficiary becomes unable to handle his or her own benefits.

• Benefits will stop if a beneficiary receiving payments becomes unable to manage his or her own benefits. We will not make payments through a representative payee except for those meeting the conditions in RS 02650.040D.1 of this section.

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https://ukraine.usembassy.gov/federal-benefits.html

If you qualify for an exception, your benefit payments will either be sent to the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv or direct deposited in to your U.S. bank account. Benefit checks sent to the Embassy must be picked up by the beneficiary in person; they may not be mailed to you or picked up by anybody else. Also, to receive benefits in Ukraine, whether via check or direct deposit, the beneficiary must appear in person at the U.S. Embassy each month. Failure to do so may result in your benefits payments being stopped. Please contact the American Citizen Services unit for additional information, or for help in determining whether you may qualify for an exception

Unfortunately, it appears you have to go to Warsaw to prove you are alive if you get direct deposit? Sound weird.

Regional Federal Benefits Office

The Regional Federal Benefits Office with responsibility for Ukraine is located at the U.S. Consulate in Warsaw, Poland.