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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – APPENDIX Q

Chart 3 – Employment Outside the United States SSA Quarters of Coverage History System Chart 3 – Employment Outside the United States Employment outside the United States became covered according to the following schedule: Country of Employment Year Coverage Began Puerto Rico 1951 Virgin Islands 1951 On American Ships and Aircraft 1951 Guam 1961 American Samoa 1961

If you determine that the missing QQs appear to be from covered employment, SSA must resolve the discrepancy as instructed above in the section entitled, “Applicant Does Not Agree with Information Provided by SSA.” If you determine that the earnings are from uncovered employment, you must obtain satisfactory evidence that the earnings exist before you can use the earnings to credit QQs. The following list provides examples of evidence you may use to establish earnings from sources other than self-employment. This list is not all inclusive. You may accept other evidence if it appears to be legitimate and accurate. • Form W-2 (Wage and Tax Statement) • Form W-2c (Statement of Corrected Income and Tax Amount) • Employer prepared statements • Statements of earnings signed by the custodian of the employer’s records • IRS copy of the employee’s tax return • Individual’s copy of a Federal or State tax return • Pay envelopes, vouchers and similar unsigned employer earnings statements to the employee or to a State or Federal agency • Union records • Records of state unemployment insurance agencies (e.g., ESD) • An individual’s personal records To establish QQs based on self-employment income, you may accept timely filed tax returns for the self-employed person. Be sure that the proof of filing, canceled check, money order or copy of Schedule C bearing the IRS time stamp indicates that the return was filed within 3 years, 3 months and 15 days after the year in which the self-employment income was derived. If a tax return is not available, you may accept other evidence to establish that the business did exist