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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FAMILY INVESTMENT ADMINISTRATION SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) MANUAL CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION STATUS Section 120 Page 20

120.12 Verification of Immigration Status (continued) a. DO NOT send the customer directly to the SSA office for this information. b. Qualified Immigrants Lawfully Residing in the U.S. on August 22, 1996. i. Certain immigrants, if qualified, are eligible for SNAP benefits if they were residing in the U.S. on August 22, 1996. ii. Verification of Lawful Residence 1. If the case manager verifies that an immigrant was qualified on August 22, 1996, it is not necessary to perform further verification of lawful residence. 2. If the immigrant was not a qualified alien on August 22, 1996 or was a qualified alien on the basis of being battered, the case manager must verify that the immigrant was both lawfully present on that date (by checking the immigrant’s USCIS status at that time) and in the U.S. on that date (by reviewing proof of residence). Immigration Status Verification Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) ● USCIS Form I-551* (also referred to as an Alien Registration Receipt Card, Permanent Resident Card or Green Card) ● Unexpired Temporary I-551 stamp in a foreign passport or on the USCIS Form I-94* Compacts of Free Association (COFA or CFA) citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau Either of the following documents that contain a stamp of CFA/PAL, CFA/FSM, CFA/MIS, or CFA/RMI: ● Valid, unexpired passport from FSM, RMI, or Palau ● USCIS Form I-94*

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