[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR408.437]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 408_SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS--Table of 
Contents
 
                     Subpart D_Evidence Requirements
 
Sec. 408.437  How do you prove that you had good cause for staying in 
the United States for more than 1 full calendar month?

    (a) General rule. If you believe that you meet the requirements in 
Sec. 408.234 and that you should continue to receive SVB payments even 
though you have been in the United States for more than 1 full calendar 
month, you must give us evidence that you had good cause for staying in 
the United States.
    (b) Circumstances prevent you from returning to your home abroad. To 
prove that you had good cause for staying in the United States for more 
than 1 full calendar month, you must give us evidence of your good faith 
effort to return to your home abroad before the 1-month period had 
elapsed and of the circumstances/event which prevented your return to 
your home abroad.
    (1) Evidence of your good faith effort to return to your home 
abroad. Evidence of your plans to return to your home abroad can 
include, but is not limited to:
    (i) A plane ticket showing that you intended to return to your home 
abroad before the expiration of 1 full calendar month; or
    (ii) Notice from a travel agency or airline confirming the 
cancellation of your reservation to return to your home abroad on a date 
within 1 full calendar month.
    (2) Evidence of the circumstances preventing your return to your 
home abroad. The evidence we will accept from you to support the 
circumstance or event that prevented you from returning to your home 
abroad will depend on the reason you are staying in the United States. 
It can include, but is not limited to, a:
    (i) Newspaper article or other publication describing the event or 
natural disaster which prevented your return; or
    (ii) Doctor's statement, etc. showing that you are unable to travel; 
or
    (iii) Death certificate or notice if you are staying in the United 
States to attend the funeral of a member of your family.
    (c) You are appealing a decision we made. To establish that you had 
good cause to stay in the United States for

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more than 1 full calendar month because you want to appear in person at 
the appeal of a decision on a claim filed under a program administered 
by the Social Security Administration, you must submit evidence of this. 
The evidence must identify the appeal proceeding and the dates you are 
scheduled to attend.
    (d) When we may ask for more evidence. If you stay in the United 
States for several months, we may ask you to give us more evidence to 
prove that you are still unable to return to your home abroad.