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Division/Section Family Support Chapter No./Name 4 – Economic Stability (ES) Part No./Name B – Eligibility Factors Section No./Name B-200-FITAP-SNAP Citizenship/Non-Citizen Status Document No./Name B-220-FITAP Eligibility Requirement/Non-Citizen Status Effective Date July 15, 2024

4 of 20 EXAMPLE: A CUBAN ENTRANT IMMIGRATED TO VENEZUELA BEFORE COMING TO THE U.S. WHILE IN VENEZUELA, THEY HAD A CHILD WHO GAINED VENEZUELAN CITIZENSHIP. WHEN THEY ENTERED THE U.S. WITH THEIR CHILD WHO IS UNDER THE AGE OF 18. THAT CHILD, THOUGH THEY ARE A CITIZEN OF VENEZUELA, IS TO BE CONSIDERED A CUBAN ENTRANT DUE TO THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF THEIR PARENT.

B-220-4-FITAP - PO IMMIGRATION STATUSES AND ACCEPTABLE DOCUMENTATION

1) AFGHANI/IRAQI SPECIAL IMMIGRANTS

AFGHAN OR IRAQI NATIONALS GRANTED A SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA (SIV) OR SPECIAL IMMIGRANT (SQ OR SI) PAROLE BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR SERVICE TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.

• ACCEPTABLE DOCUMENTATION OF SIV STATUS FOR IRAQI OR AFGHANI SPECIAL IMMIGRANTS IF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS INDICATES THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN ADMITTED UNDER IV CATEGORY OF SI1, SI2, SI3, SI6, SI7, SI9, SQ1, SQ2, SQ3, SQ4, SQ5, SQ6, SQ7, OR SQ9.

o INS FORM I-551, (PERMANENT RESDIENT CARD, COMMONLY KNOWN AS A “GREEN CARD”),

o FOREIGN PASSPORT WITH A TEMPORARY I-551 STAMP IN IT,

o FORM I-94(ARRIVAL/DEPATURE RECORD) OR ELECTRONIC FORM I-94,

o FORM I-766, EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION DOCUMENT (EAD), OR

o FORM G-641 IS ACCEPTABLE IF SIGNED AND DATED AT THE BOTTOM BY THE USCIS OFFICE.

AFGHAN NON-SPECIAL IMMIGRANT (AFGHAN HUMANITARIAN PAROLEE)

AFGHAN NATIONALS, CITIZENS, OR THOSE WHO LAST HABITUALLY LIVED IN AFGHANASTAIN WHO ARE GRANTED PAROLE BETWEEN JULY 31, 2021 AND *SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO REFUGEES. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS FOR A LIMITED TIME PERIOD, EITHER THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 OR UNITL THE END OF THEIR PAROLE TERM, WHICHEVER IS LATER.

ADDITIONALLY, THE SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS, AS WELL AS PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE UNACCOMPANIED MINORS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS EVEN IF THEY ARE GRANTED PAROLE AFTER