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Medical Services – Appendix C, Verification of Citizenship, Alien Status and SSN Enumeration Revised (05/18) I. Citizenship Verification - Acceptable Documents for Proof of Citizenship When citizenship cannot be verified through the Federal Data Services Hub (FDSH) or the SSA match, the worker must access Vital Records through ARFinds for verification of birth. If citizenship documentation cannot be obtained through Vital Records, specific forms of documentation may be acceptable evidence of citizenship. If an individual presents evidence from the listing of Primary Documentation, no other information is required. To establish U.S. citizenship, the document must show a U.S. place of birth and that the person is a U.S. citizen. The documents must be original or certified copies. Copies of documents already obtained will be accepted as assumed made from the original unless questionable (e.g. stamped “copy”, or unreadable). In general, the caseworker should obtain primary evidence of citizenship before using the secondary documentation or tertiary list. The following forms of documentation may be accepted: Primary documentation– The highest reliability that conclusively establishes identification and citizenship. • A U.S. Passport. • A Certificate of Naturalization (United States Department of Homeland Security (USDHS) Forms N-550 or N-570). • A Certificate of U.S. Citizenship (USDHS Forms N-560 or N-561). Secondary documentation– Secondary evidence of citizenship is documentary evidence of satisfactory reliability that is used when primary evidence of citizenship is not available. • A U.S. birth certificate. • A Certification of birth issued by the Department of State (Form DS-1350). • A Report of Birth Abroad of a U.S. Citizen (Form FS-240). • A Certification of Birth Abroad (FS-545). • An American Indian Card issued by the Department of Homeland Security with the classification code “KIC”. (Issued by DHS to identify U.S. citizen members of the Texas Band of Kickapoos living near the U.S./Mexican border). • Final adoption decree. • Evidence of civil service employment by the U.S. government before June 1976.