The Forty Quarters web window displays when the 40Q icon is selected on the Interface Menu or the Bendex tab on the SVES window. The Social Security Administration provides past employment information needed to determine eligibility for aliens applying for benefits.
The Social Security Administration awards a 'quarter of coverage' to a person once a certain amount of income is earned during a three month period (quarter) of the year. The amount needed to earn a quarter of coverage increases each year. The amount in 2007 is $1000.00. The employment must be covered under Title II of the Social Security Act, as listed on their web site.
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Understand 40 quarters Response Codes
Identifying information:
SSN: This box displays the Social Security Number for the person.
Birth Date: This box displays the person's date of birth.
Name: This box displays the person's name.
Gender: This box displays the person's gender code.
Record Information:
This box displays the date the information was received by N-FOCUS.
Name: This box displays the person's name.
Date of Birth: This box displays the person's date of birth.
Qualifying Quarters: This box displays the number of quarters with earnings that qualify the person for the 40 quarter eligibility.
Verified SSN: This box displays the verified Social Security number for the person.
Input SSN: This box displays the Social Security number N-FOCUS submitted.
Questionable Quarters: This box displays the number of quarters that have information that need more verification to qualify the person for the 40 quarter eligibility.
Qualifying Quarters List:
Year: This column displays the report year. The years are displayed in descending order with four columns across the page.
Quarters: Eligibility for each of the 4 quarters in the year are represented by a response code.
(03-2007)