Most U.S. citizens can get Social Security benefits while visiting or living outside the U.S. Find out if you qualify, how to apply, and who to contact to get help.
You cannot collect the Guaranteed Income Supplement if you are outside of Canada for more than 6 months.
Clients have similar concerns about their eligibility to receive Old Age Security (“OAS”) payments from the Canadian government after they become US residents. Fortunately, non-residents of Canada typically remain eligible for CPP and OAS payments.
If you have lived or worked in Canada and in another country, or you are the survivor of someone who has lived or worked in Canada and in another country, you may be eligible for pensions and benefits from Canada and/or from the other country because of a social security agreement.
Nope. EI is an insurance premium, not some sort of weird deposit. You can't ``withdraw'' from CPP either.
You can apply for Canadian benefits (OAS, CPP or QPP) at any U.S. Social Security office by completing application form CDN-USA 1 (for OAS and CPP benefits) or QUE/USA-1 (for QPP benefits).
The full retirement age for survivors is age 66 for people born in 1945-1956 and will gradually increase to age 67 for people born in 1962 or later. If you have Social Security credits in both the United States and Canada, you may be eligible for benefits from one or both countries.
If you have lived or worked in Canada and in another country, or you are the survivor of someone who has lived or worked in Canada and in another country, you may be eligible for pensions and benefits from Canada and/or from the other country because of a social security agreement.
Country List 3 Canada Ireland Slovenia Chile Italy Spain Czech Republic Japan Sweden Denmark Korea (South) Switzerland Finland Luxembourg United Kingdom6 more rows
Countries that have an agreement with Canada CountryEffective dateMaximum period of initial detachment China 2 January 1, 2017 72 months Croatia 60 months Cyprus 24 months Czech Republic January 1, 2003 60 months57 more rows •