Any ideas on how to initiate claiming retirement money from another country?
A friend of mine was a cop in Puerto Rico many years ago and at some point, he retired and came to the US. He has 10 years of retirement money coming ( back pay) and is eligable for his monthly check. He can't go to Puerto Rico, ( he has some reasons I'm not aware of) BUT..is there a way that he could initiate the process from the US? Could he hire a lawyer to contact another lawyer in Puerto Rico? Should he get a councilman or representative to help him? Is it necessary for him to go to Puerto Rico himself, or can he do this from the states? If so, do you have any suggestions on how he could get this going? (There's quite a chunk of change, sitting in his retirement fund, to not claim!) Thanks for your suggestions..
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- He should contact the retirement system for the department from which he retired. That retirement system, which will likely be an agency independent of the police force itself, will have written procedures which he must follow to make his claim.
