Hi Cinar2007,
Yes you can apply for retirement benefits even if you're living abroad as long as you've earned social security benefits while living and working in the US OR you worked in a country that has retirement benefit agreement with the US.
You can use this tool to find out if you can receive benefits Payments Abroad Screening Tool
If you worked outside the U.S., you may not have enough Social Security credits to qualify for Social Security retirement or disability benefits. But you may be able to count your work credits from another country.
You can use this tool to see if the country you worked in has a retirement benefit agreement with the US.
U.S. International Social Security Agreements
Here's additional information Social Security Payments Outside the United States
I hope this answers your questions.
Sincerely
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