international immigration
Can persons holding dual/multiple citizenship obtain multiple social security incomes?
<p>Say a person is citizen of Country A. Person applies for citizenship of other countries B,C,D where Country A's citizens are eligible to apply for dual citizenship. </p>

<p>Person A reaches the age or conditions that make the person eligible for Social Security. Can such a person technically, or by craft obtain Social Security income from multiple nations ? </p>

<ol>
<li>Yes/No ? </li>
<li>If No,what are the general principles of law to regulate misuse/abuse of SS income. Assume jurisdiction US, UK,Canada. US Citizens also hold dual citizenship with Canada, some such persons are also UK citizens.  </li>
</ol>

<p>SS benefits are determined by national policy, and it is difficult to generalize over all jurisdictions. However, in the US, it is <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/ssi/spotlights/spot-non-citizens.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">not necessary to be a citizen to collect benefits</a>. You have to qualify (such as working 40 quarters) – thus even being a citizen does not guarantee benefits. Non-citizens are not subject to the same rules as citizens, but one unquestionably can receive benefits. The <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/cpp/cpp-international/eligibility.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">qualification rules in Canada</a> are different, but again, you don't have to be a citizen and there are ways to combine qualification years across countries. In the <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=849" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Greater EU</a>, people freely move from country to country and accumulate years of pension benefits, without the need to change citizenship.</p>

<p>I am not aware of any country that requires national pension scheme recipients to be citizens.</p>

<p>Logically, countries will be reluctant to pay social security benefits if you haven't been paying them taxes. You can find the relevant agreements for a US citizen here:</p>

<p>US &amp; Canada</p>

<blockquote>
  <ol>
  <li>Except as otherwise provided in this Article, an employed person who
  works in the territory of one of the Contracting States shall, in
  respect of that work, be subject to the laws of only that Contracting
  State.</li>
  </ol>
</blockquote>

<p><a href="https://www.ssa.gov/international/Agreement_Texts/canada.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">US-Canadian Social Security Agreement, Article V Section 1</a></p>

<p>US &amp; UK</p>

<blockquote>
  <ol>
  <li>Except as otherwise provided in this Part, a person employed within
  the territory of one of the Parties shall, with respect to that
  employment, be subject to the laws on coverage of only that Party.
  Where a person is subject only to the laws on coverage of the United
  Kingdom in accordance with this paragraph, those laws shall apply to
  him as if he were ordinarily resident in the territory of the United
  Kingdom.</li>
  </ol>
</blockquote>

<p><a href="https://www.ssa.gov/international/Agreement_Texts/uk.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">US-UK Social Security Agreement, Article 4 Section 1</a></p>
