All countries Government Social Security / pension Information

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All countries Government Social Security / pension Information+Links list

Europe Review:

General
All European countries coordination in the field of social security is primarily regulated by EU law.
Due to the inclusion of the EC and EEA Member States – and since 1 June 2002 Switzerland – in this legislation, the legal situation now applies in relation to the following states:
Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
Bilateral agreements regulating pension insurance also exist with the following states:
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey.

Pension Application
The pension application must be submitted to the respective pension insurance agency in the residence state of the person insured. It is then passed on to all pension insurers involved.
The acquired pension times from all states are added together to check whether in each case the national waiting period designated for receiving a pension has been fulfilled.
Benefits are to be furnished by all states, in which time-periods of insurance were accrued, if a benefit demand exists due to the sum of all contribution times accrued.
Exception:
If a pension time of fewer than 12 months was acquired in one of the states, then the insurer responsible for the calculation and disbursement of the pension in the state concerned is responsible for providing the retirement benefit.
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List of all countries social Security offices / Information:

Austria
http://www.sozialversicherung.at/portal/index.html?ctrl:cmd=render&ctrl:window=esvportal.start.startWindow&p_menuid=2&p_tabid=1

Belgium
http://www.rvponp.fgov.be/onprvp2004/NL/I/IA/IA_a/IA_a_h/IA_a_h_06.asp

Bulgaria
http://www.assoc.pension.bg/en/index.php

Canada
http://www.sdc.gc.ca/en/isp/cpp/cpptoc.shtml

Cyprus
http://www.mlsi.gov.cy/mlsi/mlsi.nsf/All/6169E5BF6280F31FC2256DB80022E7FF?OpenDocument&highlight=pension

Czech Republic
http://www.czech.cz/en/work-study/employment/wages-insurance-and-taxes/sickness-insurance-benefits-and-pension-insurance/pension-insurance

Denmark
http://www.denmark.dk/en/menu/About-Denmark/Government-Politics/Politics/Social-Health-Policy/Early-Retirement-Pension/

Estonia
http://www.valitsus.ee/?id=9150

Finland
http://www.hse.fi/EN/abouthse/employees/foremployees/after/social+security/
http://www.kela.fi/in/internet/english.nsf

France
http://www.securite-sociale.fr/

Germany
http://www.toytowngermany.com/wiki/Pensions_in_Germany

Greece
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Hungary
http://www.itdh.com/engine.aspx?page=Social_Security_Contribution
http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:sRUcw1L005kJ:www.npk.hu/public/kiadvanyaink/2007/angol_nyugdij.pdf+hungary+social+security&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk

Ireland
http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/ssa.htm

Israel
http://www.btl.gov.il

Italy
http://www.inps.it/newportal/default.aspx
http://www.fondazionecrui.it/eracareers/working_social.htm

Jordan
http://www.ssc.gov.jo/

Latvia
http://www.siva.gov.lv/titullapa.html

Lithuania
http://www.socmin.lt/index.php?879686114

Luxembourg
http://www.secu.lu/

Malta
http://www.msp.gov.mt/services/elderly.asp

Netherlands  
http://www.kennisring.nl/smartsite.dws?id=37009

Philippines
http://www.sss.gov.ph/sss/index.htm

Poland
http://www.zus.pl/

Portugal
http://lisbon.angloinfo.com/countries/portugal/socsecurity.asp

Romania
http://english.bacauexpres.ro/2009/10/07/romania-strongly-relies-on-country%E2%80%99s-new-pension-law-to-pay-public-pensions-pm.html

Slovakia
http://www.socpoist.sk/social-insurance-system-in-slovakia/24533s

Slovenia
http://www.slovenia.si/society/social_security/

Spain
http://www.eyeonspain.com/spain-magazine/social-security.aspx
http://spain.othercountries.com/pages/articles/index.asp?page=social-security

Sweden
http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2197

Switzerland
http://www.fk.se/privatpers

Ukraine
http://www.mlsp.gov.ua/control/uk/index

Uganda
http://www.nssfug.org/

United Kingdom
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/

United States
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/
http://www.ssa.gov/
http://www.socialsecurity.gov
http://www.socialsecurity.com/

New Zealand
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/individuals/65-years-or-older/

Australia
http://www.australia.gov.au/topics/benefits-payments-and-services/age-pensions-and-allowances

Antigua and Barbuda
http://www.socialsecurity.gov.ag/

Belize
http://www.socialsecurity.org.bz/

Bermuda
http://www.socialinsurance.gov.bm/

Cato Institute
http://www.socialsecurity.org

Guyana
http://www.sdnp.org.gy/mohss

St Lucia
http://www.stlucianis.org/

Grenada
http://www.nisgrenada.org/

Columbia
http://www.iss.gov.co/

Zimbabwe
http://www.nssa.org.zw/