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Title 7: SNAP Page 18 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 Hmong or Highland Laotian tribe members An LPR who was a member of a Hmong or Highland Laotian tribe when the tribe helped United States personnel (during the period of August 5, 1964, through May 7, 1975) is not subject to the five-year bar after. This eligibility also extends to the spouses, unremarried surviving spouses, unmarried dependent children under the age of 18 (or under age 22 if a full-time student), unmarried children under age 18 (or under age 22 if a full-time student), who was dependent on the tribal member at the time of the member’s death, unmarried disabled children of any age who was disabled before age 18 and was dependent on the tribal member when the child turned age 18. Documentation showing the person is legally present in the U.S. USCIS documents do not provide identification that shows a person is Hmong or Highland Laotian. Many are admitted as refugees and have documentation coded as a refugee. Attestation to being Hmong or Highland Laotian is sufficient to prove this status. Ask for verification only if it is questionable that the person is Hmong or Highland Laotian.