An applicant files for benefits as an independently entitled divorced spouse (IEDS).
The NH is not insured based on U.S. coverage alone and SSA, therefore, needs the NH's
foreign coverage record to establish entitlement to Totalization benefits. SSA can
furnish the foreign agency with information about the claim and the account in order
to obtain the information (e.g., the NH’s foreign coverage record) needed to adjudicate
the claim without the NH’s written consent.