Justification for Non-Substantive Changes - 0105

Justification for Non-Substantive Changes for Form SSA-1372-BK-FC

Advance Notice of Termination of Child’s Benefits and

Student’s Statement Regarding School Attendance

20 CFR 404.350-404.352 and 404.367-404.368

OMB No. 0960-0105

Justification for Non-Substantive Changes to the Collection or Resubmission of the Collection within One Year of OMB Approval

• Change #1: Page 1, #4 under “FOR YOU TO RECEIVE STUDENT BENEFITS AFTER AGE 18, YOU MUST,” we are deleting the entire 2^nd bullet.

                      

Justification #1: The U.S. Veterans Affairs Regional Office no longer provides Social Security services. Claimants and beneficiaries in the Philippines will be referred to the servicing Federal Benefits Unit just like in any other foreign country.

• Change #2: Page 1, #4 under “FOR YOU TO RECEIVE STUDENT BENEFITS AFTER AGE 18, YOU MUST,” we are changing the language in the 3^rd bullet to read as follows:

If you live in any other country, the Social Security Administration, Division of International Operations, P.O. Box 17769, Baltimore, MD 21235-7769 or call your Federal Benefits Unit. For a list of Federal Benefits Units, visit www.socialsecurity.gov/foreign/foreign.htm.

Justification #2: The Office of International Operations is now called the Division of International Operations, and we must also correct the address. In addition, we must refer all claimants and beneficiaries to the Federal Benefits Unit (FBU), instead of the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate, due to the Interagency Agreement (IAA) between SSA and the Department of State (DoS) that became effective October 1, 2017. The IAA details the services that DoS will provide to the public on SSA’s behalf, and the fee that DoS will charge SSA for services. Non-claims taking posts can only provide certain services on behalf of SSA with prior authorization from an FBU. Due to this, we are changing all of our publications and notices to refer individuals outside the United States to the servicing FBU.

• Change #3: Change the language on page 2, Item 1(c), second check box from “Preparatoria” to: “Preparatory School (including “preparatoria”).”

Justification #3: We need to include the English version of the word and the Spanish version in parenthesis to be consistent throughout the form.

• Change #4: Page 5 – Under “IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FORM,” under “What to Report,” change the language in the 3^rd paragraph to read as follows:

Please hold this form until the student is no longer a full-time student at your school (whether this is during the current school year, at the start of the next school year, or any time after that). Then, enter the date he/she stopped being a full-time student, check the appropriate box above and return the completed form to the Social Security office shown above or your Federal Benefits Unit. For a list of Federal Benefits Units, visit www.socialsecurity.gov/foreign/foreign.htm.

Justification #4: We must refer all claimants and beneficiaries to the FBU, instead of the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate, due to the IAA between SSA and the Department of State (DoS) that became effective October 1, 2017. The IAA details the services that DoS will provide to the public on SSA’s behalf, and the fee that DoS will charge SSA for services. Non-claims taking posts can only provide certain services on behalf of SSA with prior authorization from an FBU. Due to this, we are changing all of our publications and notices to refer individuals outside the United States to the servicing FBU.

• Change #5: Change the name and address in the left corner at the top of page 5 to: Social Security Administration, Division of International Operations, P.O. Box 17769, Baltimore, MD 21235 USA.

Justification #5: The Office of International Operations is now named the Division of International Operations. We are changing the name here to be consistent with the name change on page 1, under #4.

• Change #6: On page 7, under “IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES,” 6^th bullet, change to:

AN UNSATISFIED WARRANT, OVER 30 DAYS OLD, WAS ISSUED FOR YOUR ARREST BECAUSE YOU WERE CHARGED WITH A CRIME THAT CARRIES A PENALTY OF DEATH OR CONFINEENT OVER ONE YEAR, OR BECAUSE YOU VIOLATED A CONDITION OF FEDERAL OR STATE PROBATION OR PAROLE.

And on page 7, under “HOW WORK OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATE AFFECTS YOUR BENEFITS,” in the 1^st paragraph, change to:

“for more than 45 days…”

Justification #6: We are making these grammatical corrections, to correct for inadvertent grammatical errors we found in the language.

Change #7: We are changing the top margins of all pages to ¼ inch, and will update the edition date to match the date of the latest OMB approval.

Justification #7: We are making these changes to correct the formatting.

SSA will implement the changes to the SSA-1372-BK-FC upon OMB approval.

These actions do not affect the public reporting burden.