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You can get it back when you turn 65.

• mahyarm 11y ago
  No you cannot, unless you have been paying into the system for 10 years. If you have, then you probably have a green card by then. If not, you should get one anyway since you've spent a decade of your life in the country that your pretty much american by that point. Legally and paying a lot of taxes. You would never get medicare treatment as only an H1-B worker, since if your unemployed, you cannot stay in the country long enough to be able to use medicare benefits much. So you effectively pay at %12 tax on your income that you will never see the benefits of unless you immigrate.
  • daurnimator 11y ago
    > No you cannot, unless you have been paying into the system for 10 years. Ah yeah; But IIRC, there are some reciprocating treaties that let me get my money out? This mentions that for australians it is reduced to 18 months: https://www.dss.gov.au/about-the-department/international/international-social-security-agreements/current-international-social-security-agreements/factsheet-social-security-agreement-between-australia-and-the-united-states-of-america https://www.dss.gov.au/about-the-department/international/in...