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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

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DETERMINE IF THE NON-CITIZEN IS A QUALIFIED ALIEN BASED ON THE INTERVIEW, DOCUMENTS PROVIDED, AND RESULTS OF SAVE.

ON THE ALIEN DETAILS SCREEN, THE WORKER MUST SELECT AN OPTION TO THE QUESTION “DO YOU AGREE TO DCFS CONTACTING UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION SERVICES (USCIS) TO VERIFY YOUR IMMIGRATION STATUS.” IF ‘NO’ IS SELECTED OR THE QUESTION IS NOT ANSWERED, LITE WILL DISQUALIFY THAT INDIVIDUAL FROM THE CASE. WHEN ‘NO’ IS SELECTED, ‘OPT OUT’ WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY POPULATED AS THE IMMIGRATION STATUS FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL.

THE WORKER MUST SELECT THE APPOPRIATE IMMIGRATION STATUS FROM THE DROP DOWN MENU AND SELECT THE APPORPRIATE IMMIGRATION STATUS VERIFICATION FROM THE DROP DOWN MENU.

AFGHAN HUMANITARIAN PAROLEES AND UKRAINIAN PAROLEES MUST BE CODED AS HAVING AN IMMIGRATION STATUS OF A REFUGEE.

A LPR WHO PREVIOUSLY HELD AN IMMIGRATION STATUS IDENTIFIED IN B-220-1 FITAP-PO MUST BE CODED USING THE PREVIOUS IMMIGRATION STATUS. **

RECORD THE CLIENTS STATEMENT OF THE DATE THE IMMIGRATION STATUS STARTED AND SELECT THE CORRESPONDING VERIFICATION CODE.

IMMIGRATION STATUS VERIFICATION - IF THE VALUE IS PENDING VERIFICATION BY THE DUE DATE, THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.

INITIAL DATE OF ENTRY MUST BE ENTERED AND THE INITIAL DATE OF ENTRY VERIFICATION FIELD MUST BE ENTERED. IF THE DATE OF ENTRY AND INITIAL DATE OF ENTRY VERIFICATION FIELDS ARE BLANK, LITE WILL DISQUALIFY THE INDIVIDUAL. IF THE VALUE IS PENDING VERIFICATION BY THE DUE DATE, LITE WILL DISQUALIFY THE INDIVIDUAL.

40 QUARTERS OF WORK VERIFIED? IF THE LPR HAS 40 QUARTERS OF COVERED WORK AND THIS IS VERIFIED, ‘YES’, MUST BE SELECTED FROM THE DROP DOWN MENU IF THAT IS THE ONLY CONDITION THAT THE LPR MEETS TO BE ELIGIBLE. THIS IS VERIFIED THROUGH THE SSA 40 QUARTERS DATA VERIFICATION TASK. WHEN THE TASK IS RECEIVED, CHECK THE EMPLOYMENT HISTORY PANEL IN CLEARANCE SUMMARY TO VERIFY THE NUMBER OF CREDITED QUARTERS WORKED FOR THE INDIVIDUAL.