• BELGIUM
• GERMANY
• JAPAN

Competent Authority in Brazil

The Minister of Social Security.
In the Ministry of Social Security, the International Advisory of the Executive Secretariat is responsible for the celebration/negotiation of the International Agreements and for follow up and evaluation of their operation.

Administration Agency

It is the Competent Institution conceding the benefits under the Agreements. In Brazil the Administration Agency it is the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) that operates the Agreements through the Liaison Agencies, after the formation of the processes by the specific State areas.

Beneficiaries of the International Agreements

The worker and their dependents are beneficiaries in the International Agreements subjected to the Regime of Social Security provided, concerning each Agreement.

Services Included in the International Agreements

The Agreements on Social Security are applied to the benefits specified in each Agreement in the following situations:

• Disability to work ( permanent or temporary);
• Work accident or professional disease;
• Period of contribution;
• Old age;
• Death;
• Professional rehabilitation;

Certificate of Temporary Detachment and Exemption of Contribution

To the worker/self-employed will be provided the Certificate of Temporary Detachment, in order to exempt the contribution of the insured person in the Accordant Country where he/she will work, so the person can stay with the Brazilian Social Insurance.  The request shall be done by the employee/self-employed in a Social Security Agency as the interested person prefers.

Observation: Only in the Agreements Brazil/Spain and Brazil/Greece it is foreseen the Temporary Detachment to self-employed persons.

The worker (beneficiary) must carry a copy of his/hers Certificate of Detachment. The period of detachment can be extended according to the terms and conditions arranged in each Agreement.

OBS.: The benefit request, including the other Country’s benefit legislation shall be made into a protocol in the Administration Agency of the country the interested person is residing.

In Brazil, the requests can be formalized in Social Security Agencies chosen by the interested person. Later, the Agency shall send the process to the corresponding Liaison Agency.

Transferring Benefits to Foreign Countries

The solicitation to transfer benefits, granted by the Brazilian legislation, may be requested by the beneficiary exclusively to Portugal, Spain and Greece. In this case, the worker must request, before moving or taking a long trip, the transfer to a Social Security Agency (Agência da Previdência Social – APS), where the benefit is held.

When the worker (beneficiary) returns to Brazil, he/she must inform his/her new address to the nearest APS.

These procedures must be followed in order to avoid the suspension of the beneficiary’s payments.

Liaison Agencies in Brazil

Liaison Agencies are designated by the authorities responsible for the Bilateral Agreements on Social Security to communicate to each other and to guarantee the performance of the requests that are formulated under the Agreements, as well as clarify questions the workers/beneficiaries might have.

With the Resolution number 130 of 30 December 2010, each Agreement on Social Security is in only one Liaison Agency, as showed below: