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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTIONS 1000 1621.7.10 Sponsored Alien Reports/Reimbursement

1600 Determining Household Composition 1621.3.3 Individuals with a Military Connection SNAP Manual 07/01/2026 An alien with a military connection is one (1) of the following: 1. Any alien on active duty in any branch of the U.S. armed forces. 2. Honorably discharged veterans of the U.S. armed forces who were discharged for reasons other than alienage and who have met the minimum active-duty service requirements of Section 5303(d) of Title 38, U.S.C. (These requirements are twenty-four (24) months of continuous active service or service during the period for which the alien was called to duty.) 3. Military personnel who died in active military, naval, or air service. 4. Individuals who served before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces of the Government of Commonwealth of the Philippines while such forces were in the service of the Armed Forces of the U.S. or in the Philippine Scouts as described in 38 U.S.C. 107. 5. The spouse or unmarried dependent child of a member of the armed forces or an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces. This includes the surviving spouse of a deceased, honorably discharged veteran or an individual who died while on active duty if the spouse has not remarried and their current marriage meets the requirements of Section 1304 of Title 38 U.S.C. The requirements of Section 1304 of Title 38 U.S.C. are: • Married for at least one (1) year; i. Married before the end of a fifteen-year span following the end of the period of military service in which the fatal injury was incurred or aggravated; or ii. Married for any period if a child was born of the marriage or was born before the marriage. A dependent child must be the legally adopted or biological child of an individual with a military connection and must meet at least one (1) of the following criteria: a. Under the age of eighteen (18); b. Under the age of twenty-two (22) and a full-time student; or c. An unmarried, disabled adult child.* * The child must have been dependent prior to his or her eighteenth (18th) birthday. Or, if the individual with the military connection is deceased, the child must have been dependent at the time of the individual’s death. Aliens with a military connection that meet one (1) of the citizenship requirements in SNAP 1621.1 may participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for an unlimited period if otherwise eligible. Aliens who are applying to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program based on military service must first provide documentation that he or she meets the citizenship requirements of SNAP 1621.1. Any SNAP-eligible alien who is currently serving in a branch of the U.S. armed forces must provide verification that he or she meets minimum active-duty service requirements. Veterans must provide documentation (using the DD Form 214) showing the discharge was classified as an honorable discharge. A surviving spouse