For Sweden, the Agreement applies to old-age, invalidity and survivors` benefits under the Swedish basic and supplementary pension schemes, as well as to the taxes payable under these schemes. The agreement does not affect benefits or tax liability under other Swedish programmes such as health insurance, unemployment insurance, accidents at work, occupational disease insurance or family allowances. If you have Social Security credits in the United States and Canada, you may be eligible for benefits from one or both countries. If you meet all the basic system requirements of a country, you will receive regularly from that country. If you do not meet the basic requirements, the agreement can help you qualify for a benefit as described below. To apply for U.S. or Canadian benefits under the Agreement, follow the instructions in the « Benefit Entitlements » section. Determined to continue their cooperation in the field of social security, the Data Protection Act requires us to inform you that we are entitled to collect this information in accordance with Article 233 of the Social Security Act. Although it is not mandatory for you to provide the information to the Social Security Administration, no certificate of coverage can be issued unless an application has been made. The information is necessary for Social Security to determine whether work should only be covered by the U.S. social security system in accordance with an international agreement.

Without the certificate, work can be taxed by both U.S. and foreign social security systems. After the expiry of the maximum period of posting, posted workers are no longer covered by the social security system of their country of origin. After the end of the booking period, no fees will be paid in Sweden. Some conventions are structured in such a way that seconded staff remain in the social security system of the country of origin for a period specified in each agreement and are then transferred to the social security system of the country of work. These conventions are generally referred to as non-intent conventions. Other conventions are designed in such a way that seconded staff are subject to the legislation of the country of work from the first day of assignment if, at the time of assignment, it is intended that the assignment will continue longer than the maximum duration of secondment provided for in the Convention. These agreements are generally referred to as intentional agreements, i.e.

it is the intention at the time of posting that regulates the applicable legislation. If you have contributed to both the Canada Pension Plan and the Swedish Pension Plan, or if you have lived in Canada and Sweden, this agreement can help you qualify for: For the United States, the agreement covers Social Security taxes (including the United States). Medicare part) and social security benefits for old-age, disability and survivors` insurance. It does not cover benefits from the U.S. Medicare program or the Supplemental Security Income program. For Canada, the agreement applies to the Old Age Security Program and the Canada Pension Plan. The agreement with Québec applies to the Québec Pension Plan. ** Regulation EU 883/2004 on the application of social security schemes applies between EU Member States and Switzerland. This means that EU nationals posted to Switzerland must be treated in the same way as when they are posted to another EU Member State. Swiss nationals posted to Sweden should be treated like other EU citizens posted here.

Regulation (EU) No 883/2004 on social security has been in force in Switzerland since 1 April 2012. If you are the widow, widower or child of a person who has contributed to the pension schemes of both countries, this agreement may help you to be entitled to: if a person is not entitled to a benefit on the basis of the eligibility periods under the legislation of the Parties, summarized in accordance with Article XIII, that person`s entitlement to that benefit shall be determined by adding together those creditable periods and periods, which shall be governed by the legislation of a third country to which the two Contracting Parties are bound by social security instruments providing for the cumulation of periods for that person. Under the U.S. Social Security program, employees and their employers, as well as the self-employed, are required to pay Social Security taxes. In the Swedish system, employers (but not employees) and the self-employed are required to pay social security taxes. Prior to the agreement, employers and the self-employed could, in certain circumstances, be required to pay Social Security taxes for the same work in the United States and Sweden. Since the Canada Social Security Plan includes a special pension plan in the province of Quebec, an additional agreement was reached with Quebec to extend the agreement to that province, also effective August 1, 1984. The terms of the United States-Canada Agreement and the United States-Quebec Agreement are very similar and, unless otherwise stated, references in this document to the Canada-U.S. Agreement also apply to the United States-Quebec Agreement. If you do not agree with the decision regarding your eligibility for benefits under the agreement, contact a U.S. Social Security Office or a Canadian Social Security Office.

People there can tell you what you need to do to appeal the decision. Pre-swimming Service 3 Office of Social Security Agreements Régie des rentes du Québec 1055 René-Lévesque Boulevard East, 13th Floor Montreal, Quebec H2L 4S5 Sweden has a social security agreement with the following countries. Please note that agreements with EU Member States are mainly governed by Regulation (EU) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems. In addition, your employer must indicate whether you will remain an employee of the U.S. company while working in Canada or whether you will become an employee of the U.S. company`s subsidiary in Canada. If you become an employee of an affiliate, your employer must indicate whether the U.S. company has entered into an agreement with the IRS pursuant to Section 3121(l) of the Internal Revenue Code to pay U.S. social security taxes to U.S. citizens and residents employed by the affiliate and, if so, the effective date of the agreement. In view of the changes in their respective social security legislation since the signing of the Agreement on Social Security between Canada and Sweden in Stockholm on April 10, 1985, the International Social Security Agreements of the Government of Canada apply only to Old Age Security benefits and the Canadian Pension Plan […].