text: You say she is a resident, but you don't mention if she is a legal citizen.\n\nIf she is not a legal citizen, she is not entitled to disability.\n\nIf she is, and has just come back to the US and is working for her disability credits, then there should be no problem.\n\nIt's just a legality question...if she's legal, yes, if she's not, no.\n\nGood luck.