Italy and bilateral social security agreements with third countries

Italy has several bilateral social security agreements with the following non-EU countries:

• Argentina
• Australia
• Brazil
• Canada and Quebec
• Japan
• Israel
• Channel Islands and Isle of Man
• Mexico (pensions only)
• Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Republic of Kosovo
• Republic of Macedonia
• Republic of Montenegro
• Republic of Serbia and Vojvodina (autonomous region)
• Principality of Monaco
• Republic of Cape Verde
• Republic of Korea (detachment only)
• Republic of Moldova
• Republic of San Marino
• Holy See
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Uruguay
• USA (United States of America)
• Venezuela

Bilateral social security agreements concluded by Italy aim to coordinate Italian social security legislation and that of the other signatory country in order to facilitate the protection of migrant workers' rights and fill gaps in social security coverage.

One of the key contents of this type of agreement-which vary, however, in content for each country-is the fact that periods of employment in other signatory countries are taken into account in guaranteeing the right to social security benefits for migrant workers, depending on the time spent in the other country performing work.

In the case of posting in Italy of foreign workers employed in a foreign country that is a signatory to a bilateral social security agreement, the worker will have the option of obtaining from the relevant local authorities a certificate of social security coverage attesting to the existence of coverage in the country of origin and thus the non-need for the worker and employer to make contribution payments to Italian authorities during the period of stay in Italy.

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Article written by Alessia Ajelli, Managing Associate of LCA Studio Legale, Italian lawyer specialized on Italian immigration and citizenship law, and Paolo Grassi, Trainee of LCA Studio Legale.