Forms EF—101 or A-101 display the remark, “202(t) exception A” for a beneficiary who meets no other exception to the alien nonpayment provision
and is being paid because he or she resides in the appropriate country of agreement.
As long as the beneficiary resides in that country, he or she can be paid under alien
exception “A.” Therefore, determinations of residence must be made for beneficiaries who meet no
other exception.
When residence is established, the CS or BA lists the case under Listing Code 994
(Alien Exception A - International Agreement Exception) prepare special messages to
MBR, “Refer to BA if beneficiary moves from (country of agreement) - Alien Exception A case.”
NOTE: Because of the provisions discussed above, it is especially important that we know
a beneficiary's actual place of residence at all times. Many change-of-address actions
are input by district offices (DO), Federal Benefits Units (FBU), and the mailroom
in the Division of International Operations (DIO). These offices may not always be
aware that totalization benefits are being paid or that a beneficiary's place of residence
may be material to the payment of his benefits. Therefore, carefully examine all change-of-address
output from the change of address and POS programs which involve regular or totalization
benefits to ensure that no additional action, as explained in the following sections,
is required.