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Division/Section Family Support Chapter No./Name 4 – Economic Independence (EI) Part No./Name B – Eligibility Factors Section No./Name B-200-FITAP-SNAP Citizenship/Non-Citizen Status Document No./Name B-220-SNAP Eligibility Requirement/Non-Citizen Status Effective Date May 15, 2026

4 of 13 NOTE: A DISCHARGE “UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS” IS NOT THE SAME AS AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE, THEREFORE, DOES NOT MEET THIS REQUIREMENT.

o LAWFULLY RESIDING ACTIVE DUTY ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL (OTHER THAN ACTIVE DUTY FOR TRAINING) AND THEIR SPOUSES OR UNMARRIED DEPENDENT CHILDREN,

o UNREMARRIED SURVIVING SPOUSE OR UNMARRIED DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF A DECEASED VETERAN OR INDIVIDUAL ON ACTIVE DUTY PROVIDED THE SPOUSE HAS NOT REMARRIED AND THE MARRIAGE WAS ONE YEAR IN DURATION, WAS WITHIN 15 YEARS FOLLOWING THE END OF THE PERIOD OF MILITARY SERVICE IN WHICH THE INJURY OR DISEASE WAS INCURRED OR AGGRAVATED OR MARRIED FOR ANY PERIOD IF A CHILD WAS BORN OF THE MARRIAGE OR WAS BORN BEFORE THE MARRIAGE.

B-220-3-SNAP - PO OTHER IMMIGRATION STATUSES

THE FOLLOWING IMMIGRATION STATUSES, AS DEFINED BELOW, MUST ADJUST TO LPR STATUS IN ORDER TO MEET ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. INDIVIDUALS IN THESE STATUSES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE BASED SOLELY ON THE STATUS ITSELF. REFER TO POLICY B-220-2-SNAP.

• AMERASIAN IMMIGRANT – INDIVIDUALS ADMITTED TO THE UNITED STATES AS AN AMERASIAN IMMIGRANT.

• AMERICAN INDIAN BORN ABROAD – AMERICAN INDIANS BORN IN CANADA LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES (U.S.) UNDER §289 OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT (INA) OR ALIEN MEMBERS OF A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBE UNDER §4(E) OF THE INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT.

• CERTAIN HMONG OR HIGHLAND LAOTIAN TRIBAL MEMBERS - AN INDIVIDUAL LAWFULLY RESIDING IN THE U.S. WHO WAS A MEMBER OF A HMONG OR HIGHLAND LAOTIAN TRIBE THAT RENDERED ASSISTANCE TO U.S. PERSONNEL BY TAKING PART IN A MILITARY OR RESCUE OPERATION DURING THE VIETNAM ERA (AUG. 5, 1964 – MAY 7, 1975). THIS CATEGORY INCLUDES THE SPOUSE (OR UN-REMARRIED SURVIVING SPOUSE) OR UNMARRIED DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.

• REFUGEES – A REFUGEE IS A NON-CITIZEN THAT HAS FLED THEIR COUNTRY TO ESCAPE INVASION, OPPRESSION, OR PERSECUTION.

• INDIVIDUALS GRANTED ASYLUM - AN ASYLEE IS A NON-CITIZEN WHO IS GRANTED ASYLUM BY USCIS OR AN IMMIGRATION JUDGE UNDER SECTION 208 OF THE IMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT (INA).