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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTIONS 1000 1600 Determining Household Composition 1621.3.4 Eligibility of Victims of Severe Trafficking

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 of a deceased veteran or an individual who died while on active duty must provide verification that the marriage lasted at least one (1) year. 1621.3.4 Eligibility of Victims of Severe Trafficking SNAP Manual 07/01/2026 Section deleted 07/01/2026 1621.6 Handling the Resources and Income of Ineligible Aliens SNAP Manual 07/01/2026 The resources of ineligible aliens will be counted in their entirety when the household’s eligibility is determined. Households with an ineligible alien who is undocumented (meaning, unable, or unwilling to verify immigrations status), as described in SNAP 1620, must meet the gross income pretest to participate in SNAP. Determine the undocumented alien’s gross countable income as instructed in SNAP 7500. If the household exceeds the income standard for their household size, deny the application. If the household meets the income standard for their household size, all but a pro rata share of the undocumented alien’s income will be counted in the SNAP budget. The pro rata share would be the amount that is counted as available income for the rest of the eligible household members. The gross income pretest does not apply to households with ineligible documented aliens. The income for ineligible aliens will be prorated across all household members including the ineligible aliens when determining eligibility. 1621.7 Sponsored Aliens SNAP Manual 07/01/2026 Most immigrants who enter the U.S. must have a sponsor, meaning someone who signs an affidavit promising to provide enough financial support to maintain the immigrant at or above one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the Federal poverty line. (This will be one hundred percent (100%) for active-duty military.) Legal immigrants who enter the country under the provisions of immigration law other than the family-sponsored categories do not have sponsors whose income must be deemed into the SNAP budget. These categories include refugees and Asylee. There are special procedures for some sponsored aliens under which a portion of the sponsor’s income and resources are considered available to the alien. These are called deeming procedures. The deeming requirements apply only to immigrants whose sponsor has signed a legally binding affidavit of support (Form I-864 or Form I-864A) on or after December 19, 1997. Before December 19, 1997, affidavits of support were not legally binding meaning the sponsor could not be legally compelled to support the immigrant. Even some of those aliens whose sponsors signed a legally binding affidavit of support are exempt from the deeming procedures. These sponsored aliens are listed below: