3.2.4

Citizenship/ Immigration Status Acceptable documents for verification of a child’s citizenship or qualified immigration status include one of the following:  Child’s birth certificate showing that the child was born in the United States (including Puerto Rico, Guam, the US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Northern Mariana Islands, unless the child was born to foreign diplomats residing in the US);  Child’s United States passport;  FS-240 issued by the Department of State to US citizens to verify the birth abroad of a US citizen;  FS-545 Certificate of Birth issued by a Foreign Service post;  DS-1350 Certification of Report of Birth;  N-560 or N-561, Certificate of Citizenship;  N-550 or N-570, Certificate of Naturalization;  United States Citizen Identification Card (I-197);  Statement provided by a US consular official certifying that the individual is a US citizen;  I-551 – Permanent Resident Card (commonly known as a “green card”);  An unexpired Temporary I-551 Stamp (on passport or on 1-94/1- 94A);  Form I-766 (Employment Authorization Document) annotated “A3,” “A5” or “A10”;  I-327 Reentry Permit;  I-571 Refugee Travel Document;  I-94 to show entry as a refugee;  I-94 showing grant of asylum;  I-94 showing admission under conditional entry;  I-94 with a stamp showing admission for at least one year under § 212(d) (5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA);  Department of Homeland Security documentation or other official identification verifying the child’s citizenship or immigration status as an asylee, refugee, alien whose deportation or removal has been withheld, or alien granted conditional entry;  Order from an immigration judge showing deportation withheld or granting asylum;  American Indian Card with a classification code ‘‘KIC’’ and a statement on the back (identifying US citizen members of the Texas Band of Kickapoos living near the US/Mexican border);  An approved or pending petition of a battered child; or  Documentation of receipt of TANF, SNAP, Medicaid/Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) benefits for the child dated within the last 12 months.