darko banic
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- Virginia
The WEP also does not apply to (1) an individual who on January 1, 1984, was an employee of a
government or nonprofit organization and to whom Social Security coverage was mandatorily
extended by the 1983 amendments to the Social Security Act (e.g., the President, Members of
Congress in office on December 31, 1983); (2) workers who reached the age of 62, became
disabled, or were first eligible for a pension from non-covered employment before 1986;
(3) benefits from foreign Social Security systems that are based on a "totalization" agreement
with the United States; and (4) people whose only non-covered employment that resulted in a
pension was in military service before 1957 or is based on railroad employment.
I am writing for my aunt. She worked 2 years in Switzerland and according TO TOTALIZATION AGREEMEN BETWEEN USA AND SWITZERLAND (http://www.ssa.gov/international/documents/EN-05-10190.pdf) she meets requirments for swiss disability benefit .She has SSDIpayments. She did not sent SSA-2490 form yet because in SSA OFFICE some worker told her that they lower-reduce amount of her SSDI income by 500 $, and that the income from Switzerland will be only 100 $( i think this is not true because in page 7 is written:
"If you qualify for Social Security benefits from the United States and a pension from Switzerland, and you did not need the agreement to qualify for either benefit, U.S. law may reduce the amount of your U.S. benefit."
She needed this agreement to qualify for Swiss disability pension. I did not understand https://www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/EN-05-10045.pdf. They want to know should they send the SSA-2490 FORM.
Thanks in advance
government or nonprofit organization and to whom Social Security coverage was mandatorily
extended by the 1983 amendments to the Social Security Act (e.g., the President, Members of
Congress in office on December 31, 1983); (2) workers who reached the age of 62, became
disabled, or were first eligible for a pension from non-covered employment before 1986;
(3) benefits from foreign Social Security systems that are based on a "totalization" agreement
with the United States; and (4) people whose only non-covered employment that resulted in a
pension was in military service before 1957 or is based on railroad employment.
I am writing for my aunt. She worked 2 years in Switzerland and according TO TOTALIZATION AGREEMEN BETWEEN USA AND SWITZERLAND (http://www.ssa.gov/international/documents/EN-05-10190.pdf) she meets requirments for swiss disability benefit .She has SSDIpayments. She did not sent SSA-2490 form yet because in SSA OFFICE some worker told her that they lower-reduce amount of her SSDI income by 500 $, and that the income from Switzerland will be only 100 $( i think this is not true because in page 7 is written:
"If you qualify for Social Security benefits from the United States and a pension from Switzerland, and you did not need the agreement to qualify for either benefit, U.S. law may reduce the amount of your U.S. benefit."
She needed this agreement to qualify for Swiss disability pension. I did not understand https://www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/EN-05-10045.pdf. They want to know should they send the SSA-2490 FORM.
Thanks in advance