GLOSSARY · VISA-HOLDER FINANCE
Totalization agreement
A Social Security agreement between the US and another country that avoids paying into both systems for the same work and can combine work credits from both to qualify for benefits. Not every country has one.
Also called: social security agreement, social security for foreign workers
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CHAPTER · ARRIVING AND WORKING ON A VISA · FOUNDATIONSSocial Security and Medicare: Who Pays and When It StartsCHAPTER · TAXES, MONEY BACK HOME AND REPORTING · STRATEGIESTax Treaties and Social Security AgreementsRELATED TERMS
SOURCES
- U.S. international Social Security agreements. Social Security Administration.