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TITLE 16 HEALTH AND SAFETY DELAWARE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 19 G. Evidence of Honorable Discharge or Active Duty Status Discharge - a copy of the veteran's discharge papers issued by the branch of service in which the applicant was a member. (Department of Defense Form 214) Active Duty Military - a copy of the applicant's current orders showing the individual is on full-time duty in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard or an active military identification card, DD Form 2. Full time National Guard duty is excluded. H. Cuban and Haitian entrants I-551 annotated CH6, CNP, CU6, CU7; I-688B annotated 274a.12(a)(4); I-94 annotated 212(d)(5) I. Amerasian I-94 annotated AM1, AM2, AM3; I-551 annotated AM1, AM2, AM3. J. Battered Immigrant In order to be a qualified alien based on battery or extreme cruelty, the alien must meet the following requirements: 1. the alien must not now be residing in the same household as the individual responsible for the battery or extreme cruelty 2. the alien or the alien’s child has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the U.S. by a spouse or parent of the alien, or by a member of the spouse’s or parent’s family residing in the same household as the alien, but only if the spouse or parent consents to or acquiesces in such battery or cruelty and, in the case of a battered child, the alien did not actively participate in the battery or cruelty 3. there is substantial connection between the battery or extreme cruelty and the need for the public benefit sought. There is a substantial connection under any one or more of the following circumstances: a) Where the benefits are needed to enable the alien and/or the alien’s child to become self-sufficient following separation from the abuser; b) Where the benefits are needed to enable the alien and/or the alien’s child to escape the abuser and/or the community in which the abuser lives, or to ensure the safety of the alien and/or his or her child from the abuser; c) Where the benefits are needed due to a loss of financial support resulting from the alien’s and/or his or her child’s separation from the abuser; d) Where the benefits are needed because the battery or cruelty, separation from the abuser, or work absence or lower job performance resulting from the battery or extreme cruelty or from legal proceedings relating to the battery or cruelty (such as child support or child custody disputes) cause the alien and/or the alien’s child to lose his or her job or require the alien and/or the alien’s child to leave his or her job for safety reasons; e) Where the benefits are needed because the alien or his or her child requires medical attention or mental health counseling, or has become disabled, as a result of the battery or cruelty; f) Where the benefits are needed because the loss of a dwelling or source of income or fear of the abuser following separation from the abuser jeopardizes the alien’s ability to care for his or her children (e.g. inability to house, feed, or clothe children or to put children into day care for fear of being found by the batterer); g) Where the benefits are needed to alleviate nutritional risk or need resulting from the abuse or following separation from the abuser; h) Where the benefits are needed to provide medical care during an unwanted pregnancy resulting from the abuser’s sexual assault or abuse of or relationship with the alien or his or her child; and/or to care for any resulting children; or i) where medical coverage and/or health care services are needed to replace medical coverage or health care services the applicant or child had when living with the abuser. 4. the alien or alien’s child must have a petition approved by or pending with USCIS under one of several subsections of the INA that sets forth a prima facie case for the status. K. American Indian born in Canada or Mexico under section 289 of the INA or member of Indian tribe under section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act