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The SSR shall accept the attestation of the applicant and, if applicable, the applicant's spouse or parent (when these individuals' quarters are being credited to the applicant). If the SSR is unable to contact the applicant's spouse or parent and quarters earned in or after 1997 are being credited to the applicant, the SSR should ask the applicant if s/he knows whether the parent or spouse received any such benefits. If the applicant does not know or indicates that such benefits were not received, the SSR should credit the quarters toward the applicant.

Using the Query Output 7.9.4 MA N/A TANF N/A GC N/A FS QQ History should not be used to verify earnings or employment history for the purposes of determining grant or allotment amounts. The output received from SSA may only be used to determine qualifying quarters that can be credited toward an alien applying for benefits. The SSA output will include: • verified SSN, • SSN submitted to the SSA, • last name, • first name, • middle initial, • date of birth, • minimum number of Qualified Quarters 1937-1950, • maximum number of Qualified Quarters 1937-1950, • railroad service months (1937-1946), • condition code, and • QQ pattern. If the QQ Pattern is blank, there will be a condition code which will either explain the reason or indicate a problem with the system. The condition code values are: • 01 - Earnings record not found (if the individual still believes that earnings exist on this record, s/he should contact SSA for an earnings investigation); • 02 - System error, please resubmit request; and • 99 - Record not processable. This can be caused by SSA system edits. If this message appears, the SSR must contact Jeffrey Borkman and explain that s/he has a condition 99 and ask that they contact the SSA regional office.

Quarters of Coverage Pattern Values 7.9.5 MA N/A TANF N/A GC N/A