can a Canadian receive social security from the us

I worked in the us under a e2 visa and paid ss and medicare, and have my 40 quarters in , I applied for ss but was denied because i do not have a green card or resident status I am a Canadian citizen but live in us 6 month as a winter visiter . I still pay us taxes as all my income comes from the us , Is there any thing i can do to receive ss or medicare , I am soon to be 65 and retired . Is it possible to receive the money that i paid in to the system if i cant get any benefits . I need help thanks

You will get SS. Medicare is only for legal residents.

You will get SS. Medicare is only for legal residents.

I have applied for ss and was refused because i have no us status

That does not matter. You have 40 quarters that were legally earned and live in canada. Your SS benefit statement (which yoyu should have been getting every year) will show you what you are entitled to. the fact that you take along vacation in US is unimportant.

I worked in the US on a T1 visa for 2 years. There is an agreement between the US and Canada where the money that you pay into for SS in the US is "held" by your employer and it is then given to the Canadian SS system. There is a form that you and your employer must fill out which is on the Canadian Income tax website. Talk with someone from the Canadian international tax department. Form what I understand is that this form must be filled out before any money is collected and once the money is sent to the US SS than you have lost it and cannot access it unless you are a US citizen or have a green card etc. I did believe my dad when he told me this because I could not find the form and my emploter knew nothing about it so now it is too late for me and now I lost the 2 years of SS collected. At least that is what the Canadian international income tax people told me.

Snow angel, this is competely false. SS is sent to US govt, not held. It is never given to the Cdn system.

You will get SS when you retuire, simply by filing the correct form USA/CAN 001 at retirement time and showing that you worked in canada for 8 years (the years you miss in US to collect there normally). You do NOT have to have US status to collect.

The document is the "totalization agreement".

And there is no "T1" status in US.

That is good to know. I guess time will tell whether I can collect anything in 35 years. The "T1" was a typo I had a TN Visa.

I'm sure there is a lot of social security money left on the table by people who worked a couple of years in US and were then completely misinformed like you. From your employer to the Cdn govt, you were basically lied to.
I guess the answers you get from forums aren't so untrustworthy after all.

They aren't going to go out of their way to get you this money, so you need to be savvy.