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   GN 01757.105 Effective Date of the Agreement with Brazil
   
   
   
   The agreement with Brazil became effective on October 1, 2018. The United States and
      Brazil can use periods of U.S. and Brazilian social security coverage earned in the
      United States or Brazil before October 1, 2018, to establish entitlement to U.S. or
      Brazilian benefits; however, the earliest possible date of entitlement to benefits
      under the agreement is October 1, 2018.