In one of the citizenship posts, I found this list from Don. Also, if you search online you can find "Green card holders only get half of the benefits" on many non-government immigration sites. I called the Social Security office, and they did not say anything about green card holders only getting half their benefit. I ran the social security payments abroad tool http://www.ssa.gov/i..._outsideUS.html It said nothing about half payments. I checked the social security nonresident alien tax screening tool (25.8%) http://www.ssa.gov/i...l/AlienTax.html While I see this 1/2 social security benefits on many immigration pages, I couldn't find it on any government pages. Anyone able to point me to the US government saying that green card holders only get half their benefit if retiring overseas? http://immigration.about.com/od/whybecomea...0CitizenBen.htm The only pain as others have said is having to renew visit visa.