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3, 1981, voter registration prior to January 1, 1975, and the applicant's statement that s/he did not owe allegiance to a foreign state on November 4, 1986 ; or o Evidence of continuous domicile in the NMI since before January 1, 1974, and the applicant's statement that s/he did not owe allegiance to a foreign state on November 4, 1986. If a person entered the NMI as a nonimmigrant and lived in the NMI before January 1, 1974, this does not constitute continuous domicile and the individual is not a US citizen. TANF Although TANF applicants and recipients are not required to provide documentation of citizenship, any document that is acceptable verification of citizenship for MA, will verify citizenship for TANF also. In addition TANF, applicants and recipients can show citizenship based on the parentage or marriage of a US citizen. The following will establish US citizenship that is derived from a parental or spousal relationship to a US citizen: Derivative Citizenship • Applicant Born Abroad to Two US Citizen Parents o Evidence of the US citizenship of the parents, the relationship of the applicant to the parents, and that at least one parent resided in the US or an outlying possession prior to the applicant's birth. • Applicant Born Abroad to a US Citizen Parent and a US Non-Citizen National Parent. o Evidence that one parent is a US citizens and that the other is a US non-citizen national, evidence of the relationship of the applicant to the US, citizen parent, and evidence that the US citizen parent resided in the US, a US possession, American Samoa, or Swain’s Island for a period of at least one year prior to the applicant’s birth. • Applicant Born Out-of-Wedlock Abroad to a US Citizen Mother o Evidence of the US citizenship of the mother, evidence of the relationship to the applicant and, for births on or before December 24, 1952, evidence that the mother resided in the US prior to the applicant’s birth or, for births after December 24, 1952, evidence that the mother had resided, prior to the child’s birth, in the US or a US possession for a period of one year. • Applicant Born in the Canal Zone or the Republic of Panama o A birth certificate showing birth in the Canal Zone on or after February 26, 1904 and before October 1, 1979 and evidence that one parent was a US citizen at the time of the applicant’s birth or one parent was a US citizen and employed by the US government or the Panama Railroad Company or its successor in title. For all other situations where an applicant claims to have a US citizen parent and an alien parent, or claims to fall within one of the categories, refer him/her to the local INS office for determination of the US citizenship. If the applicant is outside the US, refer him/her to the State Department for a US citizenship determination. • Adoption of Foreign-Born Child by a US Citizen o If the birth certificate shows a foreign place of birth and the applicant cannot be determined to be a naturalized citizen under any of the above criteria, obtain other evidence of US citizenship; or o Since foreign-born adopted children do not automatically acquire US citizenship by virtue of adoption by US citizens, refer the applicant to the local INS office for a determination of US citizenship if the applicant provides no evidence of US citizenship.