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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 1000 1621.3.1 Participating after Five (5) Years as Qualified Alien

1600 Determining Household Composition The following are alien statuses that are not considered qualified alien statuses unless they also have Lawful Permanent Resident status: • *Refugees admitted to the U.S. under §207 of the INA; • *Aliens granted asylum under §208(b) of the INA (Asylees); • *Afghan Nationals Granted Parole Between 07/31/2021-09/30/2023; • *Ukrainian Nationals Granted Parole Between 02/24/2022-09/30/2024; • Aliens granted parole into the U.S. under §212(d)(5) of the INA for a period of at least 1 year; • *Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrants (SIV) o Defined as: Special immigrant status under 101 (a) (27) of the INA granted to Iraqi and Afghan nationals who worked on behalf of the U.S. government in Iraq or Afghanistan; • Conditional Entrants o Defined as: Conditional entry granted under 202 (a) (7) of the INA as in effect before 04/01/1980; • Battered Aliens o Defined as: Under certain conditions, a battered alien spouse or child, an alien parent of a battered child, or an alien child of a battered parent with a petition pending; or • *Victims of Severe Trafficking and Certain Family Members o Defined as: Victims under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and family members granted derivative T nonimmigrant status. • *American Indians Born Abroad o Defined as: American Indians born in Canada living in the United States (U.S.) under §289 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) or alien members of a federally recognized Indian tribe under §4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act when the tribe is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the U.S. to Indians because of their status as Indians. (This provision covers Native Americans who are entitled to cross the United States border into Canada or Mexico. These Indian tribes include, among others, the St. Regis band of the Mohawk in New York State, the Micmac in Maine, the Abenaki in Vermont, and the Kickapoo in Texas.) • *Hmong or Highland Laotian Tribal Members o Defined as: An individual lawfully residing in the U.S. who was a member of a Hmong or Highland Laotian tribe at the time the tribe rendered assistance to United States personnel by taking part in a military or rescue operation during the Vietnam era beginning August 5, 1964, and ending May 7, 1975. The spouse or surviving spouse (if not remarried) and unmarried, dependent children (natural or legally adopted) of such an individual may also receive SNAP benefits if otherwise eligible. (This includes unmarried, dependent children eighteen (18) years of age or younger, unmarried, dependent children between eighteen and twenty-two (18-22) years of age who attend school full time, and unmarried, dependent disabled children eighteen (18) years of age and older so long as the child was disabled and dependent prior to his or her eighteenth (18th) birthday. It also includes the