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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.