Citizenship of the Mercosur is granted to eligible citizens of the Southern Common Market member states.
[citation needed] Mercosur citizens have the right to free movement, residence and employment throughout the bloc and in the five associated countries.
[1] Citizens still have free transport of goods, services and money, as well as equality of rights, harmonization of social security systems and labor laws.
[2] The Agreement allows migrant workers and their families to have access to the benefits of social security by allowing nationals of one Member State to have accounted for their working time in another Member State for the purpose of granting retirement, invalidity, or death benefits.
[2] Mercosur has protocols for educational integration, which provide for the revalidation of diplomas, certificates, degrees, and the recognition of studies at the fundamental and secondary levels, technical and non-technical.