If you live in Texas and receive an IVSS pension from Venezuela, you may need to prove periodically that you are still alive to keep your payments flowing. If a Venezuelan relative has passed away and you are entitled to a survivor's pension, you will need to send Venezuela documents it will accept as authentic. A complication for US-based Venezuelans is that there have been no Venezuelan consulates operating in the United States since January 2023, so the usual consular route is not available and an apostille becomes the practical path.