Services of government employees of American Samoa, any political subdivisions, or any wholly owned instrumentalities, are covered beginning with 1961.

Services of government employees of Guam or any wholly owned instrumentalities are covered if performed on or after January 1, 1973 by a temporary or intermittent employee who is not covered by a retirement system established by a law of Guam.

NOTE: Service is excluded when performed in Guam by a resident of the Republic of the Philippines temporarily admitted to Guam as a nonresident alien under Section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

1. a. 

   Services of government employees of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, any political subdivisions, or any wholly owned instrumentalities, are covered under Social Security beginning October 1, 2012.

2. b. 

   Service by a temporary or intermittent employee who is not covered by a retirement system established by a law of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is covered if performed on or after January 1, 1987.

NOTE: Service is excluded when performed in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands by a resident of the Republic of the Philippines temporarily admitted to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as a nonresident alien under Section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.