# Getting In: VA, ID.me and Social Security from abroad

> A free guide for veterans, widows and widowers outside the US: signing in to VA.gov with ID.me, what goes wrong and the way through, claims on paper with no login, spotting scammers, and who to call.

Checked against VA, ID.me, Login.gov and Social Security pages on 2026-10-20. Free. Made by Hongdam for Chiang Mai Visa Desk.

## Languages

- [English](https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/): plain text at https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/guide.txt
- [Español](https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/es/): plain text at https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/es/guide.txt
- [Filipino](https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/tl/): plain text at https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/tl/guide.txt
- [ไทย](https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/th/): plain text at https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/th/guide.txt
- [Tiếng Việt](https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/vi/): plain text at https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/vi/guide.txt
- [한국어](https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/ko/): plain text at https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/ko/guide.txt
- [日本語](https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/ja/): plain text at https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/ja/guide.txt
- [Deutsch](https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/de/): plain text at https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/de/guide.txt
- [Italiano](https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/it/): plain text at https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/it/guide.txt
- [简体中文](https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/zh/): plain text at https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/zh/guide.txt
- [ພາສາລາວ](https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/lo/): plain text at https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/lo/guide.txt
- [ភាសាខ្មែរ](https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/km/): plain text at https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/km/guide.txt

## Sections

- Before you start (documents, phone, email)
- Which sign-in works from abroad (ID.me, Login.gov, CLEAR)
- ID.me from abroad, step by step
- When it goes wrong (19 problems and the way through)
- When a veteran has died
- No login: post, fax and phone (addresses)
- Phone lines from abroad
- Free help (accredited VSOs)
- Scammers: signs and what to do
- In Thailand
- If it is too much (crisis lines)

## Full text

- [English guide.txt](https://nanobotco.github.io/getting-in/guide.txt)