Use the Uruguayan certified coverage record to assign foreign “F” quarters coverage
to the U.S. coverage record.
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There is no minimum amount of Uruguayan coverage that a worker must earn before the
United States can use it.
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) will credit one quarter of coverage in a
calendar year for every three months of coverage certified for that year by the Uruguayan
liaison agency.
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All periods of coverage coded “W” in the “Type of Occupation” column are creditable
work-related insurance periods certified by the Uruguayan liaison agency. Do not use
insurance periods coded “NW” (non-work related).
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SSA will not credit months of coverage under Uruguayan laws that fall within a calendar
quarter that SSA already credited as a U.S. quarter of coverage.
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SSA will also not credit more than four quarters of coverage for any calendar year,
or consider periods of Uruguayan coverage credited prior to 1937 (the earliest year
that U.S. law permits crediting periods of coverage).