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Title 7: SNAP Page 22 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 U.S. Military Connections LPRs who are active-duty personnel of the United States Armed Forces, their LPR spouses, and LPR dependent children aged 21 or under are not subject to the five-year bar. This includes the LPR spouses and LPR unmarried dependent children aged 21 or under of active-duty personnel who are United States citizens. LPRs who are veterans of the United States Armed Forces who were honorably discharged for reasons other than alienage are not subject to the five-year bar. This eligibility extends to their LPR spouses, LPR unremarried surviving spouses, unmarried LPR dependent children under the age of 18 (or under age 22 if a full-time student), unmarried LPR children under age 18 (or under age 22 if a full-time student), who was dependent on the veteran at the time of his or her death, unmarried LPR disabled child of any age who was disabled before age 18 and was dependent on the veteran when the child turned age 18. Active duty: Original or notarized copy of the current orders showing the person is on full-time duty in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Space Force, or a DD form 2 Military ID card (active-duty papers). Honorably discharged veteran: Original or notarized copy of form DD214 (discharge papers). NOTE: This verification is sufficient when the veteran or active-duty person is a U.S. citizen and the spouse or unmarried dependent children are aliens. It is also sufficient for the surviving spouse and unmarried dependent children of a deceased veteran.