If you have Social Security credits in both the United States and Canada, you may be eligible for benefits from one or both countries. If you meet all the basic requirements under one countryâs system, you will get a regular benefit from that country.
Settled accounts are potentially negative and remain for seven years. Settled accounts stay on your credit report for seven years. Settling an account for less than the full balance owed is considered potentially negative because you did not repay the entire debt as agreed under the original contract.
Credit Accounts. 1  Accounts paid as agreed generally remain on your credit file for up to ten years from the date of last activity (DLA). 2  Accounts not paid as agreed generally remain on your credit file for seven years from the date the account first became past due, leading to the current not-paid status. Late-payment history generally remains on your credit file for seven years.