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GN 01710.105: Swiss Coverage Certifications

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  • Effective Dates: 02/14/2017 - Present
  • Effective Dates: 12/29/2017 - Present
  • TN 3 (06-96)
  • GN 01710.105 Swiss Coverage Certifications
  • A. Policy - Coverage certification
  • Swiss coverage is generally certified on the computer produced format shown in GN 01710.105E. below in the French language. Sometimes, certifications in German are received. Although the Swiss agreed to certify only in French, we can accept the German language certifications if they appear to be complete and authentic.
  • B. Description of the swiss coverage record
  • The Swiss coverage records include the following items.
  • 1. Demande du
  • Demande du contains the date of DIO's or the FSP's request.
  • 2. Votre reference
  • Votre reference contains the worker's U.S. Social Security number.
  • 3. Notre reference
  • Notre reference contains the worker's name and Swiss insurance number or other reference number.
  • 4. Date de naissance
  • Date de naissance contains the worker's date of birth.
  • 5. Annee
  • Annee contains the year for which coverage is certified. The earliest possible year is 1948.
  • 6. Mois
  • Mois contains the number of months of coverage for the year shown.
  • 7. Revenu
  • Revenu contains the amount of earnings that the worker had for the year.
  • NOTE: This entry is not needed for U.S. computation purposes and may or may not be present.
  • 8. Genre de cotisation
  • Genre de cotisation contains the type of contributions made for the year.
  • C. Kinds of acceptable contributions
  • Acceptable contributions include:
  • * salaries;
  • * assurance facultative (voluntary or optional insurance);
  • * sans activite lucrative (without gainful activity-probably based on domicile, rather than work); and
  • * sans obligation de cotiser (non-contributory).
  • D. Policy-non-contributory credits
  • When non-contributory credits are used to establish insured status, the earliest possible month of entitlement is October 1989.
  • Any other types of contributions should be referred to the Division of Training and Program Support for evaluation.
  • E. Exhibit
  • SCHWEIZERISCHE AUSGLEICHSKASSE
  • CAISSE SUISSE DE COMPENSATION
  • CASSA SVIZZERA DI COMPENSAZIONE
  • Av. Edmond-Vaucher 18
  • SOCIAL SECURITYADM.
  • SOCIAL SECURITY ADM.
  • CH-1211 GENEVE 28
  • INTER.PROGRAM SERVICE CENTER
  • Office of Earnings and International Operations, Division of International Operations
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  • P.O.BOX 17049
  • P.O.BOX 17769
  • TEL.(022) 97.21.21
  • BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21235
  • BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21235–7769
  • TELEX 23901 ZASAK CH
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  • ETATS-UNIS
  • Demande du
  • :
  • Votre reference
  • :
  • Notre reference
  • :
  • Date de naissance
  • :
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  • COMMUNICATION DES PERIODES D'ASSURANCE SUISSE
  • annee
  • mois
  • revenu
  • genre de cotisation
  • Geneve, (date)
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  • CAISSE SUISSE DE COMPENSATION
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  • document valable sans signature
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