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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FAMILY INVESTMENT ADMINISTRATION SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) MANUAL CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION STATUS Section 120 Page 3
120.2 U.S. Citizen or Non-citizen National (continued) b. U.S. passport (except limited passport, which is issued for periods of less than 5 years); c. Reports of birth abroad of a U.S. citizen, also called a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) or FS-240, issued by the U.S. Department of State; d. Certification of Birth Abroad (the FS-545 was used until November 1990, the DS-1350 was used from November 1990 through January 2011, and the FS-240 has been in use since January 2011); e. Certificate of Naturalization (N-550 or N-570 issued by the USCIS through a federal or state court or through administrative naturalization after December 1990); f. Certificate of Citizenship (N-560 or N-561 issued by the USCIS to individuals who derive citizenship through a parent); g. U.S. Citizen Identification Card (I-197 issued by the USCIS to U.S. citizens living near the Canadian or Mexican border until April 1, 1983, formerly the I-179 which was last issued February 1974); h. Northern Mariana Identification Card (issued by the USCIS to a collectively naturalized citizen of the U.S. born in the Northern Mariana Islands after November 4, 1986); and i. Statement provided by a U.S. consular officer certifying that the individual is a U.S. citizen (given to an individual born outside the U.S. who derives citizenship through a parent, but who does not have a FS-240, FS-545, or DS-1350). E. Derivative Citizenship (8 U.S.C. § 1431). If the applicant cannot present one of the documents listed above, make a determination of derivative citizenship in the following situations: a. An applicant born abroad to two U.S. citizen parents must provide evidence of: i. The U.S. citizenship of the parents; ii. The relationship of the applicant to the parents; and REVISED JANUARY 2026