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.
1 According to federal law, a late payment can stay on your credit report for up to seven years. After that the entry must be removed.  How much damage it does will depend on three factors -- (1) how late you were, (2) how recent it was, and (3) whether or not there's a pattern of delinquencies.