https://www.ssa.gov/myaccount/statement.html
Wanted to share this as a resource since I started doing a deep dive on the financial implications during one’s retirement years of being a homemaker earlier today in light of a new law in Florida stopping the practice of lifetime alimony.
It’s a good idea to check in on this every so often just to make sure your employers are paying their contributions too. I recall some horror stories when this this been posted before.
It’s also a massive YSK for personal data safety to make an account and set a password. Pretty much only accountants and data thieves use the site at present as most of the general public have no idea their info is just sitting there waiting to be claimed for anyone with some basic personal info that, thanks to data breaches, is not that hard to find anymore.
Is this applicable to someone who worked in US for say 5 years on H1B visa and then left the country. I know I paid social security with each of my pay check. Would I be able to get any benefit when I retire (or before)?
I believe you need 10 years to qualify for benefits, be considered disabled, or married to someone who contributed for 10 years.