Provisions on Benefits. Article 5 Click to read annotation The following provisions shall apply to the United States: Where a person has completed at least six quarters of coverage under the laws of the United States, but does not have sufficient periods of coverage to satisfy the requirements for entitlement to benefits under the laws of the United States, the competent institution of the United States shall take into account, for the purpose of establishing entitlement to benefits under this Article, periods of coverage which are credited under the laws of Japan and which do not coincide with periods of coverage already credited under the laws of the United States. Click to read annotation For the purpose of establishing entitlement to benefits under paragraph 1 of this Article, the competent institution of the United States shall credit, in accordance with the laws of the United States, one quarter of coverage for every three months of periods of coverage which are credited under the laws of Japan and certified by the competent institutions of Japan. Any remainder of less than three months of periods of coverage that results from this crediting shall be taken into account as one additional quarter of coverage. However, no quarter of coverage shall be credited for any calendar quarter already credited as a quarter of coverage under the laws of the United States. The total number of quarters of coverage to be credited under this paragraph and the quarters of coverage already credited under the laws of the United States shall not exceed four in a calendar year. Click to read annotation Where entitlement to a benefit under the laws of the United States is established according to paragraph 1 of this Article, the competent institution of the United States shall compute a pro rata Primary Insurance Amount in accordance with the laws of the United States based on: the person's average earnings credited exclusively under the laws of the United States and the ratio of the duration of the person's periods of coverage completed under the laws of the United States to the duration of a coverage lifetime as determined in accordance with the laws of the United States. Benefits payable under the laws of the United States shall be based on the pro rata Primary Insurance Amount. Click to read annotation Entitlement to a benefit from the United States which results from paragraph 1 of this Article shall terminate with the acquisition of sufficient periods of coverage under the laws of the United...
Provisions on Benefits. Chapter 1 Benefits under the Legislation of Korea
Provisions on Benefits. Article 4 The liaison agency of the Contracting State with which an application for benefits is first filed in accordance with Article 13 of the Agreement shall inform the liaison agency of the other Contracting State of this fact without delay and shall provide such evidence and other information as may be required to complete action on the claim. The liaison agency of a Contracting State which receives an application that was first filed with an agency of the other Contracting State shall without delay provide the liaison agency of that Contracting State with such evidence and other available information as may be required for it to complete action on the claim. The liaison agency of the Contracting State with which an application for benefits has been filed shall verify the information pertaining to the applicant and his family members. The types of information to be verified shall be agreed upon by the liaison agencies.
Provisions on Benefits. 1. Applications for benefits under the Agreement shall be submitted on forms to be agreed upon by the liaison agencies of the two Parties.
2. The Agency of the Party with which an application for benefits is first filed in accordance with Article 16 of the Agreement shall provide the liaison agency of the other Party with such evidence and other information as may be required to complete action on the claim.
3. The Agency of a Party which receives an application that was first filed with an Agency of the other Party shall without delay provide the liaison agency of that Party with such evidence and other available information as may be required for it to complete action on the claim.
4. The Agency of the Party with which an application for benefits has been filed shall verify the information pertaining to the applicant and the applicant's family members. The types of information to be verified shall be agreed upon by the liaison agencies of both Parties.
Provisions on Benefits. Article 7
Provisions on Benefits. Article 4 The agency of the Contracting State with which an application for benefits is first filed in accordance with Article 20 of the Agreement shall inform the agency of the other Contracting State of this fact without delay, using forms established for this purpose. It shall also transmit documents and such other available information as may be necessary for the agency of the other Contracting State to establish the right of the applicant to benefits according to the provisions of Part III of the Agreement. In the case of an application for disability benefits it shall, in particular, transmit all relevant medical evidence in its possession concerning the disability of the applicant. The agency of a Contracting State which receives an application filed with an agency of the other Contracting State shall without delay provide the agency of the other Contracting State with such evidence and other available information as it may require to complete action on the claim. The agency of the Contracting State with which an application for benefits has been filed shall verify the accuracy of the information pertaining to the applicant and his family members. The types of information to be verified shall be agreed upon by the liaison agencies.
Article 5 In the application of Article 12 of the Agreement, the Swedish agency shall notify the United States agency of the years in which a person has creditable periods of coverage under Swedish laws.
Article 6 In the application of Article 13 of the Agreement, the United States agency shall when necessary notify the Swedish agency of the periods of coverage which a person has completed under the laws of the United States.
Provisions on Benefits. The agency of the Contracting State with which a claim for benefits is first filed in accordance with Article 21 of the Agreement shall inform the competent agency of the other Contracting State of this fact without delay, either directly or by way of the liaison agency of this other Contracting State, and provide such evidence and other information as may be required to complete action on the claim. Click to read annotation The competent agency of a Contracting State which receives a claim that was first filed with an agency of the other Contracting State shall without delay provide the competent agency of this other Contracting State with such evidence and other available information as may be required for it to complete action on the claim. The competent agency of the Contracting State with which a claim for benefits has been filed shall verify the information pertaining to the applicant and his family members. The types of information to be verified shall be agreed upon by the liaison agencies. Click to read annotation The competent United States agency shall notify the competent Austrian agency, upon its request, of the benefits, if any, awarded to the applicant. Click to read annotation Chapter IV Miscellaneous Provisions
Provisions on Benefits. Article 4
1. The liaison agency of the Contracting State with which an application for benefits is filed in accordance with Article 17 of the Agreement shall inform the liaison agency of the other Contracting State of this fact without delay, using forms established for this purpose. It shall also transmit documents and such other available information as may be necessary for the agency of the other Contracting State to establish the right of the applicant to benefits according to the provisions of Part IV of the Agreement.
2. The agency of the Contracting State with which an application for benefits has been filed shall verify the accuracy of the information pertaining to the applicant and his family members. The types of information to be verified shall be agreed upon by the liaison agencies.
3. The liaison agency of a Contracting State which receives an application filed with an agency of the other Contracting State shall without delay provide the liaison agency of the other Contracting State with such evidence and other available information as may be required to complete action on the claim.
Provisions on Benefits. PARAGRAPH 6
1. Persons who reside outside Barbados and who wish to obtain a benefit under the Barbados legislation pursuant to the Understanding may present their claims to the Québec liaison agency or to the Barbados liaison agency, which will then inform the Québec liaison agency.
2. Persons who reside outside Québec and who wish to obtain a benefit under the Québec legislation pursuant to the Understanding may present their claims to the Barbados liaison agency or to the Régie des rentes du Québec, which will then inform the Barbados liaison agency. However, persons who reside in Canada may present claims to any office authorised to receive a claim for benefit payable under the Québec Pension Plan.
Provisions on Benefits. Article 4
1. Applications for benefits under the Agreement shall be submitted on forms to be agreed upon by the agencies of the two Contracting States.
2. The agency of the Contracting State with which an application for benefits is first filed in accordance with the Agreement shall transmit the application to the agency of the other Contracting State, indicating the date on which the application was received. The agency of the first Contracting State will also transmit, on forms to be agreed upon, a record of the periods of coverage completed under its laws and other information in its possession as may be required for the agency of the other Contracting State to complete action on the claim.
3. The agency of a Contracting State which receives an application that was first filed with an agency of the other Contracting State shall, without delay, provide the agency of the other Contracting State with the same information as mentioned in paragraph 2 of this Article, which is required to complete action on the claim in the first Contracting State.
4. The agency of the Contracting State with which an application for benefits has been filed shall verify the information pertaining to the applicant and the applicant's family members. The types of information to be verified shall be agreed upon by the agencies of both Contracting States.
