RS 02610: Alien Non-Payment Provisions
TN 16 (01-18)
A. ANP exceptions and alien exception codes (AEC) based on citizenship
When an alien beneficiary cannot meet one of the higher priority exceptions to the ANP (AEC’s 2, 7, 8 or 9) shown in RS 02610.013B, consider whether he or she can meet a citizenship exception. There are four exceptions to the ANP based on the beneficiary’s country of citizenship. The four citizenship exceptions and AEC’s are:
AEC 3 – 10 years residence exception
AEC 4 – 40 Quarters of Coverage (QC) exception
AEC 5 – Meets Treaty exception
AEC 6 – Meets Social Insurance exception
For a complete explanation of all exceptions to the ANP, see RS 02610.010.
For the additional requirements certain dependents and survivors must meet, see RS 02610.025.
NOTE: An alien residing in the U.S. Treasury restricted countries, currently Cuba and North Korea, cannot meet any exception to the ANP for any month of such residence.
An alien is a resident if he or she is present in the restricted country for a significant period of time and makes, or intends to make, his or her home there.
For information about Treasury restricted countries, see RS 02650.001.
B. Explanation for the list of countries chart showing status of ANP exceptions based on citizenship
The chart in this section contains a list of countries and shows what citizenship exception, if any, applies. Only citizenship of a country (a sovereign nation) that meets the ANP’s specified conditions can provide a citizenship exception. Only the foreign country can determine who its citizens are.
For more information about foreign citizenship and special considerations, see RS 02640.020.
1. When to use the list of countries status chart
Check the list of countries when an alien beneficiary cannot meet one of the higher priority exceptions (AEC’s 2, 7, 8 or 9) in RS 02610.013B.
2. How to use the list of countries status chart
The chart contains a listing of countries of citizenship. Following each country’s name is its status for the citizenship exceptions under the ANP.
The list of countries and their statuses are subject to change.
The following indicators are included in the chart.
An asterisk (*) indicates that the basis for the information is a preliminary decision pending a formal determination.
“Not Eval.” and “Not Det.” entries have the same effect as a “No” entry.
A dash (-) indicates that particular exception does not apply to citizens of the country.
C. Chart: List of countries with status of ANP exceptions based on citizenship
|
Country of Citizenship |
Meets Social Insurance Exception (AEC 6) |
Meets Treaty Exception (AEC 5) |
May Meet 10 Years or 40 QC Exceptions (AEC 3 and 4) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Afghanistan |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Albania |
Yes (eff. 10/93) |
No |
— (No, prior to 10/93) |
|
Algeria |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Andorra |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Angola |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
Yes (eff. 11/81) |
No |
— |
|
Argentina |
Yes (eff. 7/68) |
No |
— |
|
Armenia |
Not. Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Australia |
Yes (eff. 09/01) |
No |
— |
|
Austria |
Yes |
No |
— |
|
Azerbaijan |
Not. Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Bahamas |
Yes (eff. 10/74) |
No |
— |
|
Bahrain |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Bangladesh |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Barbados |
Yes (eff. 7/68) |
No |
— |
|
Belarus |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Belgium |
Yes (eff. 7/68) |
No |
— |
|
Belize |
Yes (eff. 9/81) |
No |
— |
|
Benin |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Bhutan |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Bolivia |
Yes |
No |
— |
|
Bosnia-Herzegovina (see Yugoslavia for months prior to 02/95) |
Yes (eff. 2/95) |
No |
|
|
Botswana |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Brazil |
Yes |
No |
— |
|
Brunei |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Bulgaria |
Yes (eff. 01/00) |
No |
— (No, prior to 01/00) |
|
Burkina Faso |
Yes |
No |
— |
|
Burma (formerly Myanmar) |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Burundi |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Cambodia |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Cameroon |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Canada |
Yes (eff. 1/66) |
No |
— |
|
Cabo Verde (formerly Cape Verde) |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Central African Rep. |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Chad |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Chile |
Yes |
No |
— |
|
China, People's Republic of |
No |
No |
Yes (eff. 4/89) |
|
Colombia |
Yes (eff. 1/67) |
No |
— |
|
Comoros |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the (formerly Zaire) |
No (eff. 4/88) |
No |
No |
|
Congo, Republic of the |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Costa Rica |
Yes (eff. 5/62) |
No |
— |
|
Cote d’Ivoire |
Yes |
No |
— |
|
Croatia |
Yes (eff. 04/92) |
No |
— |
|
Cuba |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Cyprus |
Yes (eff. 10/64) |
No |
— |
|
Czech Republic |
Yes (eff. 1/93) |
No |
— |
|
Czechoslovakia (See Czech Republic or |
Yes (eff. 7/68) |
No |
— |
|
Denmark |
Yes (eff. 4/64) |
No |
— |
|
Djibouti |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Dominica |
Yes (eff. 11/78) |
No |
— |
|
Dominican Republic |
Yes (eff. 11/84) |
No |
— |
|
Ecuador |
Yes |
No |
— |
|
Egypt |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
El Salvador |
Yes (eff. 1/69) |
No |
— |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Eritrea * |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Estonia |
No |
No |
No |
|
Ethiopia |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Fiji |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Finland |
Yes (eff. 5/68) |
No |
— |
|
France |
Yes (eff. 6/68) |
No |
— |
|
Gabon |
Yes (eff. 6/64) |
No |
— |
|
The Gambia |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Georgia |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Germany |
— |
Yes |
— |
|
Germany, East |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Ghana |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Greece |
— |
Yes |
— |
|
Grenada |
Yes (eff. 4/83) |
No |
— |
|
Guatemala |
Yes (eff. 10/78) |
No |
— |
|
Guinea |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Guyana |
Yes (eff. 9/69) |
No |
— |
|
Haiti |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Honduras |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Hungary |
Yes (eff. 01/96) |
No |
— |
|
Iceland |
Yes (eff. 12/80) |
No |
— |
|
India |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Indonesia |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Iran |
No |
No |
No |
|
Iraq |
No |
No |
No |
|
Ireland |
— |
Yes |
— |
|
Israel |
— |
Yes |
— |
|
Italy |
— |
Yes |
— |
|
Jamaica |
Yes (eff. 7/68) |
No |
— |
|
Japan |
— |
Yes |
— |
|
Jordan |
Yes (eff. 5/80) |
No |
— |
|
Kazakhstan |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Kenya |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Kiribati |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Korea, North |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Korea, South |
Yes (eff. 1/88) |
No |
— |
|
Kosovo |
No (eff. 2/08) |
No |
No (eff. 2/08) |
|
Kuwait |
No |
No |
No |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Laos |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Latvia (see RS 02650.100B.2. for months before 10/92) |
Yes (eff. 10/92) |
No |
— |
|
Lebanon |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Lesotho |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Liberia |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Libya |
No |
No |
No |
|
Liechtenstein |
Yes (eff. 7/68) |
No |
— |
|
Lithuania |
Yes (eff. 01/03) |
No |
No |
|
Luxembourg |
Yes |
No |
— |
|
Macedonia |
Yes (eff. 02/94) |
No |
— |
|
Madagascar |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Malawi |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Malaysia |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Maldive Islands |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Mali |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Malta |
Yes (eff. 9/64) |
No |
— |
|
Marshall Islands |
Yes |
No |
— |
|
Mauritania |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Mauritius |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Mexico |
Yes (eff. 3/68) |
No |
— |
|
Micronesia, Federated States of |
Yes |
No |
— |
|
Moldova |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Monaco |
Yes |
No |
— |
|
Mongolia |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Morocco |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Mozambique |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Namibia |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Nauru |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Nepal |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
The Netherlands |
Yes (eff. 7/68) |
See |
— |
|
New Zealand |
No |
No |
No |
|
Nicaragua |
Yes (eff. 5/86) |
No |
— |
|
Niger |
No |
No |
No |
|
Nigeria |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Norway |
Yes (eff. 6/68) |
No |
— |
|
Oman |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Pakistan |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Palau |
Yes |
No |
— |
|
Panama |
Yes |
No |
— |
|
Papua New Guinea |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Paraguay |
No |
No |
No |
|
Peru |
Yes (eff. 2/69) |
No |
— |
|
Philippines |
Yes (eff. 6/60) |
No |
— |
|
Poland |
Yes (eff. 3/57) |
No |
— |
|
Portugal |
Yes (eff. 5/68) |
No |
— |
|
Qatar |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Romania |
Yes (eff. 01/11) |
No |
— |
|
Russia |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Rwanda |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
St. Kitts and Nevis |
Yes (eff. 9/83) |
No |
— |
|
St. Lucia |
Yes (eff. 8/84) |
No |
— |
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
Yes (eff. 12/09) |
No |
— (Yes, prior to 12/09) |
|
Samoa |
Yes |
No |
— |
|
San Marino |
Yes (eff. 1/65) |
No |
— |
|
Sao Tome and Principe |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Saudi Arabia |
No |
No |
No (eff. 3/87) |
|
Serbia and Montenegro (See Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of, for months prior to 02/03) |
Yes (eff. 02/03) |
No |
-- |
|
Senegal |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Seychelles, Rep. of |
No |
No |
No |
|
Sierra Leone |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Singapore |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Slovak Republic |
Yes (eff. 1/93) |
No |
— |
|
Slovenia |
Yes (eff. 4/92) |
No |
— |
|
Solomon Islands |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Somalia |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
South Africa, Republic of |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Spain |
Yes (eff. 5/66) |
No |
— |
|
Sri Lanka |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Sudan |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Sudan, South* |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Suriname |
No |
No |
No |
|
Swaziland |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Sweden |
Yes (eff. 7/66) |
No |
— |
|
Switzerland |
Yes (eff. 7/68) |
No |
— |
|
Syria |
No |
No |
No |
|
Tajikistan |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Tanzania |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Thailand |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Timor-Leste* |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Togo |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Tonga |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Trinidad-Tobago |
Yes (eff. 7/75) |
No |
— |
|
Tunisia |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Turkey |
Yes |
No |
— |
|
Turkmenistan |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Tuvalu |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Uganda |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Ukraine |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
United Arab Emirates |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
United Kingdom |
Yes |
No |
— |
|
USSR (See Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania for months after 08/91, and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan for months after 12/91) |
No |
No |
No |
|
Uruguay |
Yes (eff. 07/93) |
No |
— (No, prior to 07/93) |
|
Uzbekistan |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Vanuatu |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Venezuela |
Yes (eff. 1/78) |
No |
— |
|
Vietnam |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Yemen Arab Republic (See Republic of Yemen for months after 5/92) |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of (See Republic of Yemen for months after 5/92) |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Yemen, Republic of |
No |
No |
Yes (eff 6/92) |
|
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of |
Yes (eff. 4/17/92 - 01/03) |
No |
— |
|
Yugoslavia |
Yes (ended 1991) |
No |
— |
|
Zambia |
No |
No |
No |
|
Zimbabwe |
Not Eval. |
No |
Not Det. |
|
Stateless Persons (see RS 02640.040) |
No |
No |
Yes |
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