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Example The applicant entered the U.S. in 1986. The applicant’s spouse entered prior to that time. They married in June 1991. The SSR determined that a QQ history for both SSNs would be needed for the applicant to meet the 40-quarters exception. The SSR obtained a Consent for Release of Information from the spouse and requested information on their quarters of work through the automated ACEDS interface. The QQ History received is shown below. The quarter display begins on the left with the first quarter and ends on the right with the fourth quarter (see Section 7.9.5: Quarters of Coverage Pattern Values in this Chapter). If the SSR receives data in a format different than what is presented below, it will be clearly labeled. The applicant has a combination of wage and agricultural quarters totaling 27. The spouse's quarters earned during the marriage must be added to the applicant's Qualifying Quarters. The spouse has 17 quarters during the marriage. When added to the applicant’s quarters, the total exceeds the 40-quarter requirement. In this case, the SSR does not need to reconcile the Z quarters with SSA because they are outside of the marriage period. Also, lag quarters do not need to be developed because they are not needed to reach the 40-quarter requirement.

Reconciliation 7.9.7 MA N/A TANF N/A GC N/A FS LAG QUARTERS When the applicant or other individual does not agree with the QC pattern provided by the query and the problem is missing quarters in the current year, do the following. • For current year earnings, accept a current employer-prepared wage statement as proof of earnings and credit a quarter for each increment as outlined in the Credit of Qualified Quarters chart in Section 7.9.6: Making the Determination in this Chapter. The SSR should assume the earnings are covered employment if the wage statement shows FICA Applicant Applicant’s Spouse 1986 NNNN CCCC 1987 NAAC CCCC 1988 NNNN ZZCC 1989 NNAA CCCC 1990 AAAA CCCC 1991 AAAA CCCC 1992 AANN CCCC 1993 CCCC CCCC 1994 CCCC CNNC 1995 CCCC CCCC 1996 NNNN NNNN 1997 NNNN NNNN