The Windfall Elimination Screening Tool for Foreign Pensions Will Not:

• Access your personal Social Security records.
• Make binding determinations.
• Allow you to make changes to your claim or benefits.
• Determine whether your Social Security benefits are payable to you outside the United States. The Payments Abroad Screening Tool will help you learn if your Social Security benefits will continue when you leave the United States.
• Determine whether your Social Security benefits will be subject to nonresident alien tax. The Nonresident Alien Tax Screening Tool will help you learn if nonresident alien tax should be withheld from your benefits.
• Other actions available on SSA's website:
  • Apply for benefits
  • Report a change of address
  • Apply for a new or replacement Social Security card
  • Request a Social Security Earnings Statement

To begin using the Windfall Elimination Provision for Foreign Pensions Screening Tool, click the START button below.

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Related Information

• How to Contact Social Security
• Windfall Elimination Provision Fact Sheet