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Title 7: SNAP Page 14 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter I: Specific Households and Participants Households with Alien Members Revised February 13, 2026 The Five-Year Bar and Exemptions

LPRs Exempt from the Five-Year Bar Description Verification of Exempt Status Documentation Examples Afghan Special Immigrant Parolees LPRs who entered the U.S. as Afghan Special Immigrant Parolees who were granted parole for at least one year are not subject to the five-year bar, regardless of date of entry. This also applies to spouses and children of these individuals. Form I-94 noting SI or SQ Parole (per section 602(B)(1) AAPA/Sec 1059(a) NDAA 2006) USCIS states that Special Immigrant Parolees are expected to have a separate, printed page on Customs and Border Protection (CBP) letterhead with their Form I-94, Arrival Departure Record, information and the following notation, signed and dated by a USCIS officer: Special Immigrant Status (SQ/SI) Parolee Sec 602(b)(1) AAPA / Sec 1059(a) NDAA 2006 Date ______ USCIS officer: ______. As with other Iraqis and Afghans and their dependents admitted as Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs) under the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 or other applicable law regarding special immigrants, these special immigrant LPRs will generally have foreign passports with a Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/CBP stamp admitting them with an SQ1, SQ2, SQ3, SQ6, SQ7, or SQ8 Class of Admission (COA). However, some of the new Afghan special immigrant LPR arrivals may not have a physical immigrant visa in their passport and may not have a temporary Form I- 551 stamp.