The Department of Social Protection will then request your social security contribution history directly from the other Member State or the foreign institution. You continue to pay social security for the first 52 weeks you are abroad, if you work for an employer outside the EEA, Switzerland and bilateral social security agreements and you meet the following 3 conditions: If you come from a country with which Ireland has a bilateral social security agreement, your pension rights are protected by the other country, if you move to Ireland. It is possible to receive a pension from Ireland and any other country. You may be able to use your insurance documents from Ireland and the other country to qualify for a public pension (contributory pension). Ireland`s social security agreements with other countries can be divided into two groups: Norway also has bilateral agreements with the United States, Canada, Australia and India. If you have worked in Ireland and one or more EU Member States, your social security contributions from any EU Member State can be added to your Irish social security contributions to help you qualify for one of the social assistance payments listed below. For some payments (for example. B unemployment benefits, sickness benefits and maternity benefits), your last social security contribution must be paid in Ireland. Ireland has social security agreements with other countries that allow you to combine the social security contributions you paid in Ireland with the social security contributions you paid in another country.

This can help you qualify for a social security payment in Ireland or in a country with which Ireland has a social security contract. Social security conventions govern your affiliation to social security, especially the country that covers you. You have the same rights and obligations as nationals of the country in which you are staying. Persons from contracting countries shall be treated equally irrespected of their nationality. Agreement between the United Kingdom and certain non-EEA countries on social security and entitlement to benefits. If you are posted from an EEA country or Switzerland to the UK, read what happens if I am a posted worker from the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland?. The answers to the following questions assume that you will be sent from a non-EEA/Swiss country with which the UK has a bilateral social security agreement. You will find a list of countries with which the UK has a social security agreement on GOV.UK. You must receive forms U1 (ex E301) and E104 if you are leaving an EU country where you worked. These forms are available from the competent social security authority in the country of origin and contain information about your social protection. .

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