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Chapter: 1400 Technical Requirements Program: FS 12 issuing the order of deportation, the case has had a formal review by USCIS or by the Executive Office of Immigration Review. Reporting:

Region or Circuit Program Offices must make a quarterly report to headquarters if the region or circuit determines there are noncitizen applying for benefits who are unlawfully present in the US. It is only necessary to send a quarterly report to headquarters when noncitizens who are not lawfully present in the United States are identified. When necessary to report, please send the report within 15 days following the quarter ending in March, June, September and December. The headquarters staff will forward the relevant reports to USCIS. If a report is necessary, it must include the name, address and other identifying information, such as how the determination was made that the individual is not lawfully present in the US. 1410.0200 SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER (FS) As a condition of eligibility the Social Security Number (SSN) for each individual included in the assistance group must be obtained.

A verbal statement providing the SSN is sufficient if the SSN is validated through data exchange. If the SSN is not validated through Data Exchange, the eligibility specialist must obtain documentation of the individual’s SSN. The following documentation is acceptable:

1. SS card; 2. other correspondence from SSA containing the individual’s name and account number (if the number has an A, J, M or T suffix, this is the SSN).

If the SSN is unknown or has never been obtained, the individual must:

1. apply for an SSN through the local SSA office, or 2. apply for an SSN through the Florida enumeration at birth process.

Evidence that the individual has applied includes:

1. the SSA filling receipt for application, 2. an SSA 2853 indicating that an SSN was requested at the hospital, 3. the child’s birth certificate with “yes” annotated in Section 11d, or 4. a screen print from BVS with a “y” indicator in the child issue field.

The eligibility specialist must request the SSN at each future contact, when the application for an SSN has been made. In the case of a newborn, the household has six months from the birth month or until the next redetermination, whichever is later, to provide the social security number for the newborn. 1410.0204 When SSN is not Provided/Refusal to Apply (FS) The needs of the individual or child without an SSN must be excluded from the assistance group if an individual fails without good cause to provide or apply for an SSN on his own behalf or on the behalf of the individual’s child(ren) or nonrelative child(ren).

Eligibility under this factor is determined if good cause exists. Good cause must be evaluated at each recertification in order for the individual to retain continued eligibility. Expedited households must apply or provide an SSN prior to the first full month of eligibility unless good cause exists.

To determine if good cause exists, documentary evidence or collateral information indicating that the individual has applied for an SSN or made every effort to supply information to complete the application must be considered.