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    Aug 19, 2007, 03:38 PM
    social security tax
    Hi to all members of this forum and I hope we can establish a good relation ship.
    My question is the following.
    I was working in the US for several years under an H.1 visa and during several years I have been paying all the taxes like the rest of the US citizen and non citizen.
    In my case I moved back to South america 6 months before my H1 visa expired .
    Now I have paid a large sum of Social Security but as I got in writing from the Social Security office I am not eligible for any pension o any other payment because I don't have the necessary credits to qualify for any payment.
    since I have no intention to move back to the USA and I will have to benefit for all the payments I have made I don't know if I can get any return for what I have paid for my own
    retirement.
    Note. I am not claiming any Federal, Local, and state Tax because this is part of working in any place of the world.
    Any answer o help , Guidance etc is highly appreciate
    thanks in advance
    Karlo:confused:
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    Aug 20, 2007, 10:42 AM
    Anyone born in 1929 or later needs 10 years of work (40 credits) to be eligible for retirement benefits.

    How You Earn Credits
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    Aug 20, 2007, 11:39 AM
    I believe that you loose that money because the money doesn't go into a private account for you it goes to pay for others that are currently getting benefits.
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