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I am assuming that this is valid as long as they are on GC, right? Once they become USC they should not expect that pension from another country anymore, correct? Is that specific to Russian citizens only or other countries also have similar things? Do you have any link or links handy...

I realize that this is a very long shot but I'll ask anyway. Are there any international agreements that US supports or whatever that allows retired people from other countries coming to US to somehow transfer their work history to the US SS system towards 40 quarters contributions? Ways to...

One more question about brining parents on family based GC and access to benefits. When they later become naturalized US citizens themselves - is the restriction to access "means tested" benefits gets removed? Or they will be restricted to access them for the rest of their lives even being US...

Let me correct myself. It looks like I mixed up 'public charge' with 'means tested'. 'Public charge' is more lax and is used for inadmissibility or deportation testing. 'Means tested' is more strict and restricts many more benefits then 'public charge'...

Turns out there is only a small part of benefits being defined as a 'means tested'. It seems to be limited only to cash income supplement (SSI) and long-term care/facilities roughly speaking.

Background: After naturalization we want to bring our parents (from both sides) to live in US on GC (via family based immigration). Nevertheless it seems to be obvious that the cost of them living here (apartment, food, clothes, and especially medical expenses in their age) would very high and...